Project-Aether 1.0

What are our requirements?

1. Fast and reliable.
2. Less overheads.
3. Deterministic Memory Management.
4. Simple syntax.

Syntax

Data type declaration

var_name : modifier data_type (value)
a : 4
b : long int (4)
c : string ("Lexer!")
x, y, z : int, real, string
f : {int, float}

Macro declaration

define pi as 3.1414
define pi as function_name()

For statement

for(var_name : data_type ; condition ; update)
  statements

for var_name : data_type in array or iterator
  statements

While statement

while(condition)
  statements

Function declaration

def function_name(arg_list : data_type) : return_type
  statements

f(x) = x + 4 or x*x for x in iterator

if statement

if(condition)
  statements
elif(condition)
  statements
else
  statements

switch(arg)

...same as cpp...

enum

...same as cpp...

union

...same as cpp...

Class

class class_name
  ...same as cpp...

Inheritance

class class_name : root_class visibility_mode
  statements

Constructor

class_name(arg_list : data_type)
  statements

class_name(arg_list : data_type) {...same as cpp...}

Pointer

a : pointer (addr(var_name))

b : pointer
b = addr(a)