Koona

A really simple compiler

Koona is a simple compiler I wrote a few years ago to learn about compiler design. It's over-engineered and poorly written (since I was still quite a noob when I initially wrote it), so forgive code quality in the parsing/lexing/code generation. If I get some free time, I'll clean it up and make it easier to understand.

What it does

At the moment, Koona will compile a simple syntax into valid C code. What's currently supported:

• Variable declaration
• Function declaration (and function calls)
• Return statements
• If statements
• Integers
• Doubles
• Booleans
• Strings
• Garbage collection
• FFI
• Mathematic operations (+, -, *, /)

A valid .kn file:

int x=3
x = x+1
string myString = "this is a string"

// Call an external C function:
call printf("test")

int addVal(int var, int val, bool do_add)
{
  if(do_add)
  {
    return (var + val)
  }
}
addVal(x, 2, true)

Use

To compile a .kn file, run: bin/koona compile *file.kn*. A C file will be generated (which you can then edit, or compile).

If you want to compile straight to an executible, you can use the --clang flag to compile the .c file with clang.