/zeta-lang

The Zeta Programming langauge

Primary LanguageJavaMIT LicenseMIT

Zeta Programming language

Zeta 0.1 is an imperative programming language made for educational purposes that supports Object Orientation and closures among other modern features.

  • Zeta is dynamically typed
  • Zeta has tight lexical scoping

How code looks like

// A counter
fn makeCounter() {
	let count = 0;
	fn increment() {
	count = count + 1;
	print count;
	}
	return increment;
}
let counter = makeCounter();
counter(); // prints 1
counter(); // prints 2
counter(); // prints 3

Installation

The out directory contains class files with Zeta as the main class.

buildlinux.sh is a loose script written for Linux systems :

  • $ git clone https://github.com/mirimmad/zeta-lang.git
  • $ cd zeta-lang
  • $ [sudo] sh buildlinux.sh
  • $ zeta or $ zeta script.zt

To install on Windows:

  • git clone https://github.com/mirimmad/zeta-lang.git
  • cd zeta-lang
  • Run installwindows.bat
  • zeta or zeta script.zt

To remove on Windows:

  • Run removewindows.bat

TO-DO

  • Library Support - Zeta currently does not support external libraries.
  • Replacement of Tree Walking interpreter by a VM.
  • Optimizations .

Contact

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