Lorax Programming Language

Compiler for Lorax, a language focused on making tree operations simple.

Authors: Doug Beinstock (dmb2168), Chris D'Angelo (cd2665), Zhaarn Maheswaran (zsm2103), Tim Paine (tkp2108), Kira Whitehouse (kbw2116). Gource Visualization.

Requirements

• OCaml
• Unix
• gcc

Quick Start

$ cat hello.lrx
$ int main() { print("hello, world\n"); }
$ make
$ ./lorax -b hello.lrx
$ ./a.out
$ hello, world
$

Compiler Flags

• -a Print the Abstract Syntax Tree digested source code.
• -t Print an alphabetical list of the symbol table created from source code.
• -s Run Semantic Analysis on source code.
• -c Compile source code to target c language. Default to stdout, or written to filename present in third command line argument.
• -b Compile source code to binary ouput. By default to a.out, or the filename present in third command line argument.

Running Tests

$ make
$ ./testall.sh
$

Examples

If you're interested in some real world examples of the lorax language check out the examples directory.

User Guides

• Language Reference Manual
• Lorax Language Presentation
• Lorax Automatic Reference Counting Presentation