| Chris Lattner | f608e85 | 2003-11-23 17:52:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | This directory contains a sample language front end for LLVM. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | It is a *very* simple/crude implementation of FORTH. It has many |
| 4 | deficiencies but provides enough basics to give you an idea of |
| 5 | what programming a new language front end for LLVM looks like. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | To keep things simple, Stacker has the following limitations: |
| 8 | 1. Only a single, global stack is manipulated. |
| 9 | 2. There is no interpretation, everything is compiled. |
| 10 | 3. There's no type/bounds checking .. you're on your own. |
| 11 | 4. There's no floating point support. |
| 12 | 5. Only stdin can be read. Only stdout can be written. No other |
| 13 | file I/O is supported. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | As such, this isn't a very useful language for anything other than |
| 16 | the most trivial of programs. It is, however, a good learning tool |
| 17 | (for both the author and the student). |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Reid Spencer |
| 20 | 16 November 2003 |