Lake
This repository contains the reference implementation of the Lake Virtual Machine.
Lake is a "functional assembly language" for Linux, macOS and Windows.
Features include:
- higher order functions
- exception handling
- garbage collection
- arbitrary precision numeric data types
- foreign function call
- maps and array
- modules and macros
- unified loop- and branching construct
The primary utility is as a target for experimenting with language design. Frontends can either generate Lake assembly, or use the Lake API.
Lake is interpreted, and scripts can be bundled into a stand-alone executable. Bundling the VM in a host process is also possible.
Status
Lake is in an early stage of development, but a good number of advanced tests pass. It should be usable for programming language research projects.
Currently the tests are the best documentation.
Build
Clone this repository and build with cmake.
Dependencies (boost, mpir, libffi) must currently be installed under ../libs (alternatively, adjust CMakeLists.txt)
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles"
make
Run tests
Any .lake file under the test directory with #AUTOTEST as the first line will be executed by the test script.
test/runtests.pl
There's also a test binary for testing the lake API:
out/tests-basic