The Ibu programming language

Key Features of Ibu

• No strict type checker
• No C-like pointer arithmetic
• No function-like macros
• No variable shadowing
• No break, continue stmt. Use goto
• No libc dependency
• No hidden control flow
• No hidden memory allocations
• Allows 13 <= age < 20 instead of 13 <= age && age < 20
• Variable length args func(...) can be accessed with built-in variables argc i64 and argv *i64
• All values are extended to 64-bit when accessed
• The compiler is written in itself
• Default args don't have to be on the end (WIP)

#include "std/header.ibu"

func main() i32 {
    printf("Hello, world!\n");
    return 0;
}

[!IMPORTANT] Supports x86-64 Linux only

Build the language

$ git clone [email protected]:v420v/ibu.git
$ cd ibu
$ make init

Build the language with docker

$ git clone [email protected]:v420v/ibu.git
$ cd ibu
$ make up
$ make ibu
$ make init

Usage

$ ./ibuc <filename>.ibu

Currently, the compiler outputs assembly to stdout.

Example: Compile Hello world!

$ ./ibuc main.ibu | as - -o main.o
$ as -o lib/runtime.o lib/runtime.s
$ ./ibuc lib/linux-syscall/linux-syscall.ibu | as - -o lib/linux-syscall.o
$ ./ibuc lib/std/std.ibu                     | as - -o lib/std.o
$ ld -o main main.o lib/runtime.o lib/linux-syscall.o lib/std.o
$ ./main

📜 The Ibu Programming Language Documentation

Compiler implementation

Contribution

contribution is welcome!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.