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No-runtime-value-error-language
A language wth a largely-python-like where there are no value errors. Can call null like a function
Grammar:
#comments are hashes
# newlines are equivalent to semicolons for breaking up statements
let a = 1.3; let b = "string literal"
let c = 2
if a < 3 then any(); number(); of(); exprs(); else whatever(); end
while condition; do(); whatever(); let a = 3; a; end
#function definition
fn my_function(arg1, arg2); statements(); end
Keywords:
if, then, else, while, let, fn, end, null
Refernece works:
Evaluation:
Understanding Computation
Parsing:
http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2011/03/19/pratt-parsers-expression-parsing-made-easy/
LLVM:
http://blog.ulysse.io/2016/07/03/llvm-getting-started.html