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0.1.19 Jul 13, 2024

#1153 in Programming languages


Used in cyclang

Apache-2.0/MIT

160KB
4K SLoC

Cyclang

A programming language I built in Rust - mainly for fun and my own learning! Uses PEG Parser in Rust for parsing and LLVM (llvm-sys) as the backend to compile to machine code binary. Check the user guide for a detailed overview of the language.

Try the Fibonacci example in /examples/fib.cyc

fn fib(i32 n) -> i32 {
    if (n < 2) {
        return n;
    }
    return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
}
print(fib(20));

You will need Rust installed to run the below command.

cyclang --file ./examples/fib.cyc

This should output 6765!

Installing and Running

You will need LLVM 17 installed before you install cyclang,

For MacOS run the following command

brew install llvm@17

For Ubuntu install the following packages

  llvm-17 
  llvm-17-tools 
  llvm-17-dev 
  clang-17 
  libpolly-17-dev

And run make set-llvm-sys-ffi-workaround

Then the easiest way to install the binary currently is through the Rust package manager Cargo - see Install Rust. Once the step above is done, then run

cargo install cyclang

See the book for a more detailed guide on setup.

Dependencies

~2.5–3.5MB
~73K SLoC