Hawk is a languaged designed to function very similar to C++, but borrowing elements from Haskell's type system and clean syntax style. Hawk is intended to strike a balance between clarity and control. Check out the prototype code for examples of how a Hawk program should look. Currently the compiler needs to be built, which you can find in hawkc. As time goes on, this will eventually contain the base toolchain for development with Hawk
Requires Flex, Bison, Boost, LLVM, and GTest. To build hawk, run the following command in the root directory.
mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..Hawk syntax mostly avoids the use of reserved keywords. Instead, hawk makes use of operator symbols to declare variables, functions, and data types.
Module System
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| :: | Module |
| -> | Import module |
| => | Import module as Qualified |
Expression System
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| $ | Declare Variable |
| # | Declare Value |
| = | Assignment |
| := | Define function |
| ^ | Return |
Type System
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| :- | Record Datatype (Object) or Algebraic Datatype (enum) |
| :~ | Typeclass |
| :+ | Implementation |
| <: | Subtype of |
| ! | Immutable |
| * | Pointer |
| & | Reference |
Compiler: hkc
- Helpful compiler errors, that follow a standard for an ide to manage.
Debugger: hdb
Project Manager: nest
Project Package: egg
Documentation Generator: owl
Linter: eagle
Standard Libary: Core
Main repository: flock.io
X-Plat GUI library: peacock
IDE: Sky