Caesar

Compiler for the Caesar programming language

What is the Caesar programming language?

Caesar is:

• a systems-level language

  • requires no runtime
  • allows straightforward manual memory management
  • links to native C libraries
  • can export native libraries through a C FFI

• an easy-to-use language

  • features a JIT-compiled REPL mode, suitable for use as a shell language (planned)
  • offers a modern and comfortable syntax similar to modern scripting languages
  • systems-level features are not needed for common application-level use cases
  • high-level features and structures are built into the language

• a safe language

  • features a memory-safe subset more than sufficient to serve the needs of most use cases
  • features powerful analysis constructs for providing safety guarantees, but...
  • also provides an "unsafe" escape hatch for times when you just need to do something the compiler doesn't like

Under heavy development. Not yet ready for production use.

Currently Linux x64 and macOS x64 targets are supported. Cross-compilation is not supported yet.

• macOS dependencies:

  • macholib
  • NASM

• Linux dependencies:

  • musl
  • NASM

"Hello world" example:

extern "C" fn printf(fmt: &byte, ...) -> int

fn main()
    unsafe printf("Hello World!\n")

Building a program:

./caesar.py input_file.csr --bin program_name

Support the development of Caesar!

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