Eight

Eight is a programming language ecosystem. Not only is it a language, but it is also a framework for developing new languages. It includes a machine code compiler, JIT compiler, and interpreter.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

First, you need to clone the repository. To do that, make sure you have Git installed first. Then, you can run the following:

~# git clone https://github.com/bitmodo/eight.git eight

~# cd eight

Building

Once you have the repository, you can build the project into it's different parts. We use the Meson build system with Ninja, so make sure you have that installed first. Next, run the following commands:

~# meson build

~# ninja -C build

Built With

• LLVM - The compiler toolchain

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.