q

A programming language that compiles down to machine code.

Features

• Fast compilation
• High performance
• Small executables

Installation

git clone https://git.akyoto.dev/cli/q
cd q
go build

This will place the compiler inside the repository. Either use ./q for the following examples or get access to the shorter q in any directory via symlink:

ln -s $PWD/q ~/.local/bin/q

This assumes that your shell loads ~/.local/bin.

Usage

q [command] [options]

The build command creates an executable:

q build examples/hello

The run command does everything build does but also executes it:

q run examples/hello

You don't have to use physical directories, it's perfectly valid to use a list of files:

q build hello.q world.q

To show verbose compiler output use -v or --verbose:

q build examples/hello -v

For more information see q help.

Platforms

You can cross-compile executables for Linux, Mac and Windows.

q build examples/hello --os linux
q build examples/hello --os mac
q build examples/hello --os windows

Status

This project is under heavy development. Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in helping out.

License

Please see the license documentation.

Copyright

© 2023 Eduard Urbach