A handwritten soon-to-be self-compiled language
Helium's goal is to bring declarative yet powerful code to compiled languages. There are a lot of great compiled languages, yet not many are declarative, let alone without their flaws.
No external dependencies are required to install Helium. The Helium-Py compiler is written in pure Python and the standalone Helium compiler will be self-hosted and independent of any external libraries ✨
- Clone or download the git repository
- Install Python 3.7 or above
- Execute
python main.py --c="test.he" -r*
| Argument: | Usage: | Required? | Defaults to: | Information: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -c, --compile | -c="file.he" | True | n/a | This is the file you would like to compile |
| -r, --results | -r | False | --no-results | This displays the lexer, parser, and codegen results |
| -d, --debug* | -d | False | --no-debug | This displays useful compiler-related information |
| -t, --test | -t | False | --no-test | This executes the compilers tests before compiling |
func main(): u32 {
hello("Hi world", 3)
return 0
}
func hello(txt: str, amnt: u32): void {
for i in range(amnt) {
println(f"{txt} {i}")
}
}
which would give us:
Hi world 0
Hi world 1
Hi world 2
Helium is syntactically similar to Python, although it is statically typed 💡
| Module: | test.he speed: | Total: | Per Token: | Total per token: |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexer | ~1.5ms | ~1.5ms | ~1.065us | ~1.085us |
| AST | n/a | ~1.5ms | n/a | ~1.085us |
| Codegen | n/a | ~1.5ms | n/a | ~1.085us |
| Assembler | n/a | ~1.5ms | n/a | ~1.085us |
| Bootstrapper | n/a | ~1.5ms | n/a | ~1.085us |
- [95/100]: The lexer
- [00/100]: The AST (parser)
- [00/100]: The codegen
- [00/100]: The assembler
- [00/100]: The bootstrapper
- Setup the Github repository
- Refactor initial code
- Add lexer tests
- Add AST tests
- Add codegen tests
- Add assembler tests
- Add bootstrapper tests