C+ Introduction

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C+ is my solution to C's and C++'s problems.

The syntax of C+ is similar to C, but it includes features like:

• Built-in string type
• Struct implementations (similar to Rust)
• And much more to come!

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Warning!!!

This project is a work in progress! Currently supported features:

• Function declarations and calls
• Variable declarations with initizlization
• Basic arithmetic and comparison operations
• If statements
• while statements
• for statements
• continue statements
• break statements
• return statments
• inline ASM using c like syntax and intel asm dialect
• pointers and addresses, returning pointers
• string, long, int, char, float, double, bool and void types
• comments
• arrays and arrays decaying to pointers
• scope defined variables and global variables
• const keyword, that makes variables immutable

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Getting started

What you will need:

• GCC compiler
• LLVM development libraries
• llvm-config in your PATH

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Creating your first C+ program

Firstly create your C+ file!

Create a file called main.cp in the C+ directory: (If you cloned this repo this will already be there under the name test.cp!)

int add(int a, int b) {
    return a + b;
}

int main() {
    int x = 4;
    int y = add(x, 4);
    return y;
}

Compiling and running

• Step 1: Compile the C+ compiler

  • ./compile.sh

• Step 2: Compile your program, link your program and then run your program

  • ./compiler examples/test.cp && gcc output.o -o program && ./program

• Step 3: Celebrate!

  • if done correctly everything should work! and now you have a C+ program!