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# dst
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[](https://travis-ci.org/bakpakin/dst)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/bakpakin/dst)
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Dst is a functional and imperative programming language and bytecode interpreter. The syntax
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resembles lisp (and the language does inherit a lot from lisp), but lists are replaced
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by other data structures with better utility and performance (arrays, tables, structs, tuples).
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The language can also easily bridge to native code, and supports abstract datatypes
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for interfacing with C. Also support meta programming with macros.
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The bytecode vm is a register based vm loosely inspired by the LuaJIT bytecode format.
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There is a repl for trying out the language, as well as the ability
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to run script files. This client program is separate from the core runtime, so
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dst could be embedded into other programs.
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Implemented in mostly standard C99, dst runs on Windows, Linux and macOS.
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The few features that are not standard C (dynamic library loading, compiler specific optimizations),
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are fairly straight forward. Dst can be easily ported to new platforms.
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There is not much in the way of documentation yet because it is still a "personal project" and
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I don't want to freeze features prematurely. You can look in the examples directory, the test directory,
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or the file `src/compiler/boot.dst` to get a sense of what dst code looks like.
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## Features
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* First class closures
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* Garbage collection
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* First class green threads (continuations)
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* Mutable and immutable arrays (array/tuple)
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* Mutable and immutable hashtables (table/struct)
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* Mutable and immutable strings (buffer/string)
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* Lisp Macros
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* Byte code interpreter with an assembly interface, as well as bytecode verification
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* Proper tail calls.
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* Direct interop with C via abstract types and C functions
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* Dynamically load C libraries
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* Lexical scoping
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* Imperative Programming as well as functional
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* REPL
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## Usage
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A repl is launched when the binary is invoked with no arguments. Pass the -h flag
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to display the usage information.
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```
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$ ./dst
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Dst 0.0.0 alpha Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Calvin Rose
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> (+ 1 2 3)
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6
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> (print "Hello, World!")
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Hello, World!
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nil
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> (exit)
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$ ./dst -h
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usage: ./dst [options] scripts...
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Options are:
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-h Show this help
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-v Print the version string
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-r Enter the repl after running all scripts
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$
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```
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## Docmentation
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API documentation and design documents will be added to the `doc` folder as they are written.
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As of March 2018, specifications are sparse because dst is evolving.
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## Compiling and Running
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Dst can be built with Make or CMake.
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Use Make if you are on a posix system and don't like CMake.
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Use CMake if you are on Windows or like CMake.
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### Make
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```sh
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cd somewhere/my/projects/dst
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make
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make test
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```
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### CMake
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On a posix system using make as the backend, compiling and running is as follows (this is the same as
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most CMake based projects).
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```sh
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cd somewhere/my/projects/dst
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mkdir -p build
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cd build
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cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
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make
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make test
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```
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The repl can also be run with the CMake run target.
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```sh
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make run
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```
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## Examples
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See the examples directory for some example dst code.
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## Editor
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There is some preliminary vim syntax highlighting in [dst.vim](https://github.com/bakpakin/dst.vim).
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Generic lisp synatx highlighting should provide good results, however.
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