Prance

A language and LLVM based compiler for teaching/learning about Protocol Oriented Programming concepts.

Prance code uses an Object-oriented style without type inheritence. This is intended to prompt users into finding non heirarchical solutions to problems.

v0.1

Support for:

• if-else
• c-like for statements
• while loops
• primitive double, float, int and string types
• stand alone functions
• reference types
  • properties
  • methods
  • protocol conformance
• protocols
  • functions
• arithmetic operators
• logical comparators

Learn more

To learn more about the language please read the language guide.

Getting started

get llvm brew install llvm@11

clone this repo

run swift build

run swift package generate-xcodeproj

open prance.xcodeproj

run swift ./DerivedData/prance/SourcePackages/checkouts/LLVMSwift/utils/make-pkgconfig.swift

build in XCode

compiled Prance binary should reside in ./DerivedData/Prance/Build/Products/Debug/Prance

compile the demo code at samples/demo.prance by calling ./Prance demo.prance

run the demo code ./demo