A NostalGic (NG) Programming Language

NG is a static-typed, multiple paradigm programming language designed for efficiency and productivity.

Features

• Minimum mutability required
• Minimum runtime overhead
• Let others rewrite everything and bind them
• Direct hardware mapping

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• C++ Compiler: A C++23 compatible compiler (e.g., GCC, Clang, MSVC).
• CMake: Version 4.0 or higher.
• Build Tool: Make or Ninja.

Building the Project

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ng-lang/ng.git
   cd ng

2. Create a build directory:

   mkdir build
   cd build

3. Configure the project with CMake:

   cmake -GNinja ..

4. Build the project:

   ninja

Running the Interpreter

After building the project, you can use the ngi interpreter to run NG scripts.

./ngi ../example/01.id.ng

Documentation

• A Guide to the NG Programming Language

Roadmap

Core Language Features

• Robust error handling (e.g., try/catch or a Result type)
• Pattern matching
• Closures/Lambdas
• Generics
• Enums
• Compile to Native
• Naive Type Checking
• Bytecode Based Runtime - ORGASM (Organized Assembly)

Standard Library

• Comprehensive file I/O module
• Advanced string manipulation module (e.g., regex)
• Rich collections library (e.g., hashmaps, sets)
• Process management module
• Networking module (e.g., HTTP)
• Date and time module

Tooling and Ecosystem

• Package manager
• REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop)
• Automatic code formatter
• Linter
• Debugger

Community

We welcome contributions and feedback from the community! Here are a few ways to get involved:

• Discussions: For general discussions, questions, and ideas, please use the GitHub Discussions.
• Issue Tracker: For bug reports and feature requests, please use the GitHub Issues.
• Pull Requests: For contributions, please use GitHub Pull Requests.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from everyone. Please read our Contribution Guide to get started.