Night

Night is a bytecode interpreted language.

Table of contents

• Usage
• Build
• How it Works

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Usage

You can download either the Windows or Linux binary file in the Releases section.

Then create a .night file containing your Night code. Example programs can be found under the programs directory.

To run a Night file, simply type,

night source.night

Try it out now with this simple Night code!

source.night

# recursive fib function
def fib(n int) int
{
    if (n == 0 || n == 1)
        return n;

    return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2);
}

print("Enter a number: ");
n int = int(input());

for (i int = 0; i < n; i += 1)
    print(str(fib(i)) + " ");

The programs directory contain simple programs written in Night, including some Harvard's CS50 programs and some common Math programs. These programs are also used in the CI pipeline as integration tests.

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Build

Dependenies, cmake g++

First, clone the repo and move into that directory. Generate MinGW or Unix Makefiles using cmake, and then build (optionally specify a Release build with --Release). You should then see a night exectuable file in the current directory.

Windows Build:

git clone https://github.com/alex/apostolu/night.git
cd night

cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" .
cmake --build .
# Optional
# cmake --build . --Release

night source.night

Linux Build:

cd night

cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .
cmake --build .

./night source.night