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# japl
JAPL is an interpreted, dynamically-typed and minimalistic programming language
# J.. what?
You may wonder what's the meaning of JAPL: well, it turns out to be an acronym
for Just Another Programming Language, but beware! Despite the name, the name is actually read like "JPL".
## Some backstory
JAPL is born thanks to the amazing work of Bob (whose surname is obscure) that wrote a book available completely for free
at [this](https://craftinginterprerers.com) link.
Even though that books treats the implementation of a basic language named Lox, JAPL is (will, actually) much more feature-rich:
- Possibility to delete variables with the `del` statement
- `break` statement
- Nested comments (__Coming Soon__)
- Generators (__Coming soon__)
- A decent standard library (__Work in progress__)
Other than that, JAPL features closures, function definitions, classes and static scoping. You can check
the provided example `.jpl` files in this repo to find out more about JAPL.
### Disclaimer
This project is currently a WIP (Work in Progress) and is not optimized nor complete.
The first version of the interpreter is written in Python, but there are plans to create a bytecode VM using nim in the near future.
For other useful information, check the LICENSE file in this repo.
### Contributing
If you want to contribute, feel free to send a PR!