kanji

kanji (which translates in English as "x₁ computes x₂ from data x₃ by process x₄") is a forth-like scripting language that is intended to be used as a target for transpiling higher level interpreted languages.

It may be useful in the early stages of language development if you want to have a running (albeit not final) implementation of your language while still working on the syntax/semantic aspects. Should the perfomance prove themselves adequate to your use case, nothing prevents you to use it as the final run-time.

It's a simple Forth-like VM with 26 variables, and a stack. Each value (hold in a register or in the stack) can be:

• a 32 bit signed integer
• a double precision floating point
• a 48 bit pointer (good for 64-bit platforms)
• a boolean (true/false)
• the value nil
• a static string
• a vector of values
• a dynamic buffer (for text)
• a map from values to values

It can access external C functions (with the proper interface) and its code can be "called" from C functions.

You can check what is planned/in progress/done on the project kanban page.

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