There is no language
An experimental language with extremely modular syntax.
Run cargo build.
Because there is technically no syntax, this example is not really an example of the language itself but of the standard syntax. That being said, here's a 'hello world':
; Anything that isn't regular syntax is a comment!
; Add the `puts` function to the header
init puts
; Strings have a static length defined with {[0-9]*}
global str [hello world]{11} -> (hello)
puts (hello){11}
Syntax is defined using YARA. To define a chunk of syntax, create a new rule, with strings for each pattern that represents that expression. Use metadata to define the LLVM IR that will be omitted, using # for placeholders for characters which will get sliced out of the strings. If you do use placeholders, define the starts and ends of the slice like so:
metadata:
ir = "; test # and #
starts = "0:3"
ends = "1:4"
This will slice the string like string[0..1] and string[3..4].
Go to examples/. In here, you will notice two files: test.mx and rules.yara. rules.yara contains all the rules that will be used to parse the file, and all this one does is import the standard syntax. test.mx is the code we will actually compile. When in this directory, you can simply run modux test.mx, which will scan the rules.yara file and compile to LLVM IR. If you wish to import a custom rules file, you can do so with the -r flag: modux -r custom_rules.yara test.mx.