README.md

ocen

ocen aims to provide you the same level of control over your code as C, but with some modern features like type inference, namespaces, stricter types and a module system. It transpiles to C, and can easily bind to C libraries.

Usage

Use the following command to build the initial compiler:

$ ./meta/bootstrap.sh       # Generates ./bootstrap/ocen if successful

Compiling other programs

If you wish to use ocen from elsewhere, you can set the OCEN_ROOT environment variable to point to the root directory of this project. This lets the compiler find the standard library and other files it needs to compile your program.

$ export OCEN_ROOT=/path/to/ocen
$ export PATH=$OCEN_ROOT/bootstrap:$PATH # Add the compiler to your PATH

You can then use the compiler as follows:

$ ocen file.oc                # generates ./out and ./out.c
$ ocen file.oc -o ./build/out # generates ./build/out and ./build/out.c
$ ocen file.oc -n -c ./temp.c # generates only ./temp.c

For tips on developing the compiler, see DEVELOPING.md.

Language

You can find various examples of the language in:

• tests: Unit tests for the compiler
• std: The standard library (implementations + C bindings)
• examples: Various examples of the language
• compiler: The compiler itself!