LX Language

This is my custom compiled language written in C++ based off of the LLVM toolchain. Do not use the language in it's current state unless you are insane.

Build

Requires VS-22 with C++ and C# development to be downloaded. Run LX-Compiler.sln and run the project. Currently it defaults to using the source file example/main.ll but that can be modified in Main.cs

Syntax

Comments

# Comments start and end with hashtags #

Variables

int a # Declares an unitialised integer (currently the only type) #
int b = 5 # Declares integer with a value of 5 #

Operations

# Currently only the basic maths operations are implemented #
int c = 1 + 2 - 3 / 4 * 5

Functions

# All functions return int #
func add(int a, int b)
{
    return a + b
}

Features

Planned features (in order)

More than just int as a type (float, uint, double, char)
References and pointers
Structs / Classes (Polymorphism + vtables)
String and string manipulation (needs classes)

Codebase

New features

Stuff I want to do later (unordered)

I/O manager (Console, Files)
Debugger support
Extensions for vscode / vs22
Build system
SSA (Static single assignment)
LX-Core (Basic Standard Lib)
SIMD (Single instruction, multiple data)
Built in features for multi-language codebases (C, C++, C#, Rust...)
Custom Linker written in rust
Package manager
Custom optimiser (as well O3 in Clang)
Complicated LX-Core:
- Graphics APIs support
- Networking support
- WinAPI compatiability

Stuff I might do later (but probably won't)

JIT (Just in time compiler) / Interpreter
Different compiler backends
Python support
Non-windows OS support
Database support

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