Swallow

Swallow is a compiled programming language currently under development. Docs coming soon.

Why am I creating this language?

I am creating it as a fast alternative to Python and an easy one to C.

Goals

Ease of use
Fast
Highly modular
Occupies less memory
Compiled

How does it work?

You can consider it to be a superset of C which compiles to clean C. So valid c code is also valid Swallow code (the language is named Swallow). It will have no garbage collector because it is a system programming language but it will be very easy to use so there will be less chance of memory leak.

Requirements to build from source

Gcc compiler
V compiler

Build instruction

Clone this repository using the following command -> git clone https://github.com/Swallow-lang/swallow.git
Run cd swallow/swallow
To build it run v swallow.v
That's it

Primary implementation language

For now it is written in V (visit vlang.io for more info) but in the future it will be self hosted.

Progress

Currently we are working on the codegen and some swallow programs are working :)

Example

Here is a small example for you to understand:

def main():
    print("hi")

The main function is the entry point for the program.

Have more questions?

Cool, you can contact me via mail.
Email: saptakbhoumik@gmail.com

Want to contribute?

Great, go ahead and make the changes you want.

Have a look at the open issues to find a mission that resonates with you.

Please check CONTRIBUTING.md to know how you can contribute.

If you create any new file make sure to comment your name in the file as shown Original author: Your name

License

The swallow compiler is licensed under the Mozilla Public License

johnh1989/swallow