Small ML language (SMLL)

A small, experimental, general purpose programming language created for exploring alternative ways of writing applications on the JVM

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What is needed to run this?

The latest JAVA compiler (with support for java 21 source input)

A rust compiler

using System::Io

fun main(): Unit => println("Hello, world")

How to compile?

After downloading and installing the required software, execute the following commands

$ git clone depth=1 https://github.com/hexaredecimal/ML.git
$ cd ML
$ cargo build

After running these commands you should now have a target folder on the root of the project, then execute the following

$ ./target/debug/smll init  # Initialize a new project in the current directory and creates a `project.toml` and a directory named code

edit the newly created project.toml and add the following under [depends]

MlIo = "0.0.1"

save and return to your terminal.

$ ./target/debug/smll build # Builds the dependencies and the projects main file
$ ./target/debug/smll run   # Run the main program file

Todo:

• [X] Package manager
• [ ] Add command for adding new dependencies
• [ ] Clean command for cleaning the project. (This should cause a full rebuild)
• [ ] Use project version/author info when downloading dependencies
• [X] Package registry here

Features:

• Type inference for variables
• Variant enums
• structs
• Expressions not Statements

Inspiration:

SMLL is a ml derived language for the JVM which borrows a lot of concepts from languages such as Standard ML, Rust and Kotlin.

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