Lova Widmark :cpp_language:

Making good progress on the #fluenc language server this weekend!

The idea is to later split the #lsp parts of the project into its own separate project.

My hope is that this will make it easier for others to quickly get a C++ based language server up and running with just a few lines of code.

9 months later #fluenc

If anyone is interested in what a simple game looks like in #fluenc, the source code is already available at https://github.com/Znurre/ld54/blob/main/main.fc

Time for another #ldjam.

Most likely gonna try making another entry using my own language, #fluenc.

I remember doing it for LD51, and it was very useful for bringing about improvements to the language and the compiler.

I know I've been kind of silent lately, and truth to be told, work has been the center of my attention.

But every now and then, I work on fluenc, and the main thing that has been brewing is a language server for the language!

Getting navigation working in an IDE/editor feels like such a huge step, and makes the language feel so much more complete in one single sweep.

Still a long way to go, obviously, but very happy about the progress!

#fluenc

I find that improvements to the #fluenc compiler usually comes in waves.

I have a goal in mind - a project that I am working on, and which is shaping all development of #fluenc. Most new features, are added to satisfy a requirement of this project.

Once the feature is in place and works, I can move the project further along, and often I either find bugs or performance issues that need to be fixed.

Right now I am in the performance phase, with multiple optimizations in the pipeline!

So, one cool thing that I have been working on, is modules support. There is now a rudimentary package manager (think Cargo).

With that in place, it felt like a great opportunity to start working on a basic standard library for the language.

Today I added basic I/O support with streams, and very basic string formatting capabilities.

As with most things in #fluenc, it is free from runtime allocations.

Also yes, I know I have been very silent for a while. But in my case, that just means that I am busy working on stuff.

I have some cool #fluenc progress to share with you all soon! 😀

Progress being made on Windows support. This is a screenshot showing the first ever #fluenc compiled binary on Windows.

Still some way to go though. If anyone has in-depth experience with #c or #cpp on #windows, and especially #msvcrt, and would like to help me by brainstorming some things related to linking and deployment of executables... please let me know!

It's coming...!

#fluenc

Extremely productive weekend!

I managed to get a first POC in place for modules support, with more extensive support to come soon.

In addition, thanks to some great help from @kwarf, the changes I made for proper Windows support are now built with the CI.

There's still some way to go before the resulting binary can actually be used to link Windows executables, though.

#fluenc

Making progress on the compiler the past few days. Yesterday I finally fixed the last known bug, which has been keeping me busy for the past 3 months or so.

Feels so nice to finally be done with that. Now I can focus on new features.

Next in the pipeline is Windows support, support for modules, and a basic standard library to be shipped with the compiler!

#fluenc

Just another evening of compiler debugging 😉

Today I found the wonderful tool https://github.com/vaivaswatha/debugir which lets me actually single step the generated LLVM IR of the compiler.

#llvm #fluenc #debugging