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ArkScript is
- small: the core fit under 8000 lines of code ; also small in terms of keywords (only 9)
- a scripting language: very easy to embed it in your projects. Registering your own functions in the language is made easy
- portable: a unique bytecode which can be run everywhere the virtual machine is
- a functional language: every parameter is passed by value, everything is immutable unless specified
- powerful: provides closures and explicit capture
- promoting functionalities before performances: expressiveness often brings more productivity, though performances aren't left behind
- a Lisp inspired language, with fewer parentheses: [...] is expanded to (list ...) and {} to (begin ...)
- extensible: supports C++ module to use it in the language, adding functionalities
Embedding in C++
#include <Ark/Ark.hpp>
int main()
{
// A state can be shared by multiple VM ; they can't overwrite it
Ark::State state;
// This will compile the code, but you can also give a file with state.doFile()
state.doString("(let foo (fun (x y) (+ x y 2)))");
// You can register C++ function (only before calling vm.run())
state.loadFunction("cpp_foo", [](std::vector<Ark::Value>& args, Ark::VM* vm) {
return Ark::Value(static_cast<int>(args.size()));
});
Ark::VM vm(state);
vm.run();
auto value = vm.call("foo", 5, 6.0);
// displays 13
std::cout << value << "\n";
return 0;
}
Tags:
language
functional
native
Last modified 09 December 2024