README.md

Panther

Panther is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, functional, generic, and object-oriented (class-based) programming disciplines.

Example

def main() = {
    var guess = -1
    var guessCount = 0
    var answer = rnd(100)

    while (guess != answer) {
        println("Guess the answer:")
        guess = int(readLine())
        guessCount = guessCount + 1

        if (guess > answer) {
            println("Lower")
        } else if (guess < answer) {
            println("Higher")
        } else {
            println("Correct: " + string(answer))
            println(string(guessCount) + " total guesses")
        }
    }
}

Current language support

• Variables
• Functions
• Control flow
  • if
  • while
  • for
  • pattern matching
• Builtin Data Types
• Int
• Char
• String
• Boolean
• Algebraic Data Types
  • Product Types
  • Sum Types

Road map

• complete basics in order to start writing code in Panther
• rewrite compiler in Panther(self-hosting)
• type aliases (u8 = System.Byte, ...)
• optimize programs before emitting
• floats?