Saber is a row polymorphic language that focuses on first class functions, a lightweight syntax and fast, efficient code. However, before any of those goals, I just need to build the basic compiler. Right now I'm just compiling it to WebAssembly, but hopefully I'll be able to port it to other platforms.
Contributors are welcome! To develop on Saber, all you need is Rust, either stable or nightly. Saber compiles on rustc 1.47.0 stable and rustc 1.46.0-nightly.
I'm currently running Saber on macOS Catalina, but I don't see why it shouldn't work on Linux or Windows
The entire saber codebase builds into a single executable containing the runtime, compiler and CLI. This isn't ideal, but it's what works.
Run cargo build to get the executable or cargo run to run the executable. We use clap so there's some help text specific subcommands
If you're using cargo run, add the subcommands after --:
cargo run -- run tests/all/factorial.sbr
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
We highly recommend reading it over carefully before contributing.
Goals:
- Relatively good performance via browser JIT.
- Avoid common performance gotchas like overly dynamic dispatch, reflection, etc.
- Good (type!) compatibility with existing JS
- Allow for interfacing with completely untyped JS with potential runtime checks (performance penalty?)
- Lightweight syntax. Avoid using keywords when possible (however, will affect syntax highlighting)