The ibu programming language

Key Features of ibu

• No strict type checker
• No C-like pointer arithmetic
• No function-like macros
• No variable shadowing
• No break, continue stmt. Use goto
• No libc dependency
• No hidden control flow
• No hidden memory allocations
• All values are extended to 64-bit when accessed
• The compiler is written in itself

Important

Supports x86-64 Linux only

Build the language

$ git clone git@github.com:v420v/ibu.git
$ cd ibu
$ make init

Build the language with docker

$ git clone git@github.com:v420v/ibu.git
$ cd ibu
$ make up
$ make ibu
$ make init

Command	Execution
make up	docker compose up -d
make ibu	docker compose exec ibu bash
make down	docker compose down

Usage

$ ./ibuc <filename>.ibu

Compiler implementation

File	Content
src/ibu.ibu	Entry point
src/tokenizer/tokenizer.ibu	Lexical analyzer
src/preprocessor/preprocessor.ibu	Preprocessor
src/parser/parser.ibu	Parser
src/codegen/codegen.ibu	x86-64 Assembly code generator
src/linux-syscall/linux-syscall.ibu	Linux system call
src/runtime.s	Syscall function in assembly
src/util/util.ibu	Other

Contribution

contribution is welcome!

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.