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December 28, 2010 ยท View on GitHub

Kitsune is a simple prototype based programming language.

Goals:

Compiles to C++ for portability Reasonably Fast Have fun creating a new programming language Has a good/complete standard library with a focus on games

Requirements:

libgc -> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/ cmake -> http://www.cmake.org/

Compiles on:

Mac OS X 10.5/10.6 and libgc 7.1 Ubuntu 9.04 and libgc 6.8

License:

The language, runtime and compiler are all under the BSD license which reads as follows:

/*

  • Copyright (c) 2009, Seoushi Games
  • All rights reserved.
  • Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  • modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  • notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
  • notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
  • documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
    • Neither the name of the Seoushi Games nor the
  • names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
  • derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
  • THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Seoushi Games ''AS IS'' AND ANY
  • EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
  • WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
  • DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL Seoushi Games BE LIABLE FOR ANY
  • DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
  • (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
  • LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
  • ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
  • (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
  • SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. */

Formal Syntax Definition:

Operand "(" Message ")" Operand "'" identifier Operand StringLiteral Operand NumberLiteral

Message [Operand] [{identifier [{Operand}]}] "."

Program [{(Message | Condition | Definition) [Program]]}]

Condition "if" Message "then" Program [{"elif" Message "then" Program}] ["else" Program] "end"

Definition "def" identifier "=" Program "."