nek-lang/README.md

NEK-Lang

High level Components

• Lexer: Transforms text into Tokens
• Parser: Transforms Tokens into Abstract Syntax Tree
• Interpreter (tree-walk-interpreter): Walks the tree and evaluates the expressions / statements
• Abstract Syntax Tree Optimizer

Language features

• Math expressions
  • Unary operators
    • Negate -X
  • Parentheses (X+Y)*Z
  • Logical boolean operators
• Variables
  • Declaration
  • Assignment
• While loop while X { ... }
• If else statement if X { ... } else { ... }
  • If Statement
  • Else statement
• Line comments //
• Strings
• For loops for X; Y; Z { ... }
• IO Intrinsics
  • Print
  • ReadLine