Lila

A simple programming language I make in my free time. I'm trying to make it modular so I can easily try and compare different backends and tooling.

Status

For now it can JIT-compile basic programs using Cranelift.

I'm still not decided on which language features I want to explore.

Source mirrors

• GitHub
• Forgejo
• SourceHut

Roadmap

Parsing

• [x] Pest parser backend

• [ ] (wip) Tree-sitter parser backend

  • [ ] (wip) Tree-sitter grammar -- git
  • [ ] (wip) Parser based on the tree-sitter grammar

Static analysis

• [x] Basic type checking

Codegen

• [x] (wip) Cranelift JIT compiler
• [x] Basic CLI
• [ ] Run the compiler on Wasm
• [ ] Wasm codegen
• [ ] REPL