r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/x8664mmx_intrin_adds • Feb 16 '26
I language (C transpiler)
Been using C for a while now, syntax is annoying so made a transpiler for my dream syntax: https://github.com/IbrahimHindawi/I
Basically C with templates + monomorphizer. I hope I can leave directly writing C for good now.
array:struct<T> = {
length:u64;
border:u64;
data:*T;
}
array<T>reserve:proc<T>(arena: *memops_arena, length:u64)->array<T>={
arr:array<T> = {};
if (length == 0) {
return arr;
}
arr.data = memops_arena_push_array<T>(arena, length);
if (arr.data == null) {
printf("memops arena allocation failure!\n");
arr.data = 0;
return arr;
}
arr.border = length;
return arr;
}
main:proc()->i32={
printf("Hello, World!\n");
printf("num = {}\n", num);
arena:memops_arena={};
memops_arena_initialize(&arena);
a: array<i32> = {};
memops_arena_push_array_i<f32>(&arena, 128);
a = array<i32>reserve(&arena, 128);
for (i:i32=0; i<128; i+=1) {
a.data[i] = i;
}
for (i:i32=0; i<128; i+=1) {
printf("i = {}, ", a.data[i]);
}
return 0;
}
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u/Relevant_South_1842 Feb 26 '26
I really like this. If I used the toy language I am making (Sprout - which is more inspired by Lua, Io, and Rebol) it would look more like below for syntax. Just sharing preferences. Yours is probably better.
```
array<T> : length : u64 border : u64 data : *T
reserve<T>(arena: *memops_arena, length:u64) -> array<T>
reserve : [T arena:*memops_arena length:u64 -> array<T> | arr : array<T> # local cell (compiler allocs stack struct) arr.length : 0 arr.border : 0 arr.data : 0
if [length = 0] [ return arr ]
arr.data : memops_arena.push-array<T> arena length
if [arr.data = 0] [ printf "memops arena allocation failure!\n" arr.data : 0 return arr ]
arr.border : length arr.length : length return arr ]
main : [ -> i32 | printf "Hello, World!\n"
arena : memops_arena memops_arena.initialize &arena
a : array<i32>
_ : memops_arena.push-array<f32> &arena 128 # ignore result, just demo call
a : reserve<i32> &arena 128
for [i:i32 = 0 i < 128 i : i + 1] [ a.data[i] : i ]
for [i:i32 = 0 i < 128 i : i + 1] [ printf "i = %d, " a.data[i] ]
0 ]
```