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# dst
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[](https://travis-ci.org/bakpakin/dst)
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dst is a functional programming language and vm. It is a variant of
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Lisp with several native useful datatypes. Some of the more interesting and
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useful features are first class functions and closures, immutable and mutable
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hashtables, arrays, and bytebuffers, macros, tail-call optimization,
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and continuations. The runtime and
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compiler are written in C99.
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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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## Features
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* First class closures
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* Garbage collection
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* Lexical scoping
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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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* Byte code interpreter with an assembly interface, as well as bytecode verification
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* Proper tail calls for functional code
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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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* REPL (read eval print loop)
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## Compiling and Running
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To build the runtime and run test, run
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```sh
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make test
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```
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A repl can also be run with
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```sh
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make repl
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```
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