README.md
# quokka
this is my work in progress programming language targeting the [QBE backend](https://c9x.me/compile/)
as this is my first language i aim for:
- no crazy/revolutionary new features
- simple type system
- modern and clean syntax inspired by rust and go
you can find the language specification in [the `grammar` file](./grammar) or look at the current example i have comitted in [`test.qk`](./test.qk)
## roadmap
- [ ] tokeniser:
- [x] various punctuation tokens
- [x] keyword/identifier tokens
- [x] number literals
- [ ] char literals
- [ ] string literals
- [ ] boolean literals (true, false)
- [ ] parser:
- [ ] statements:
- [x] import statements
- [x] function definitons
- [x] variable declarations
- [x] assigment/increment/decrement/... statements
- [x] if statements
- [x] for loops
- [x] break, continue keywords
- [x] return keyword
- [ ] struct definitions
- [x] expressions:
- [x] logical operators ('not', 'and', 'or')
- [x] comparison operators
- [x] +, - operators
- [x] *, / operators
- [x] negation operator
- [x] all elsewhere supported type literals
- [x] identifiers
- [x] function calls
- [x] if expressions
- [ ] import/module system:
- [ ] imports by simple inclusion by filepath during parse time
- [ ] rewrite solution to use a module system:
- [ ] resolve imports after parsing
- [ ] flatten symbols
- [ ] type system:
- [x] signed and unsigned integers
- [x] booleans
- [ ] chars
- [ ] strings and cstrings
- [x] void for function return types
- [ ] structs
- [x] typechecker:
- [x] statements:
- [x] function definitons
- [x] variable declarations
- [x] assigment/increment/decrement/... statements
- [x] if statements
- [x] for loops
- [x] break, continue keywords
- [x] return keyword
- [x] expressions:
- [x] logical operators ('not', 'and', 'or')
- [x] comparison operators
- [x] +, - operators
- [x] *, / operators
- [x] negation operator
- [x] all elsewhere supported type literals
- [x] identifiers
- [x] function calls
- [x] if expressions
- [ ] QBE IR generation:
- ... roadmap not defined yet