mirror of https://github.com/japl-lang/japl.git
Added README description
This commit is contained in:
parent
3623efc798
commit
cc54a02988
32
README.md
32
README.md
|
@ -1,2 +1,34 @@
|
|||
# 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!
|
||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue