README

Cesium v 0.3:
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Dependencies:
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* Boehm-Demers-Weiser Garbage Collection

Build:
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Update directory paths at the top of the Makefile then type:

make

To run, simply type:

./cesium

Introduction:
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Cesium is a language with the following features:

* LLVMJit backend for performance
* Local type inference
* C foreign function interface
* Syntax and expression macros
* Garbage collection
* Imperative and functional styles
* Parameterised types
* Ad hoc and parametric polymorphism

Progress:
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* Parser combinators - almost done
* Symbol Hash table - not done
* Parser - not done
* Environments - not done
* Type system - not done
* Back end - not done
* Closures - not done
* Type inference - not done
* FFI - not done
* Module system - not done