YayL/Ferrum

Ferrum

How to setup:

• git clone https://github.com/YayL/Ferrum
• cd Ferrum/c-compiler
• mkdir build
• git submodule init
• git submodule update
• ./start.sh c

After following the steps above you have a working version of Ferrum to use at ./build/compiler

The definition of different terms used in ferrum:

Module:

The AST representation of a file of ferrum code 

Symbol:

ID that is used to refer to a definition in the module scope

Type:

A symbol that refers to an ordering of data

Marker:

A symbol that defines a type

Trait:

A marker that is a group of types

Struct:

A marker that is named structuring of markers

Enum:

A marker capable of being different types at runtime

Impl:

An extension to a type defining that type's "member functions" and operations