Finch 1.0.0

A small, fast programming language on LLVM with C-like syntax.

- Lexer, recursive-descent parser, single-pass type checker + LLVM IR codegen, O2 pipeline
- Types: int/float/bool/char/str, sized i8..u64/f32/f64, pointers ptr[T] with addr()/.value/null
- Functions (fn ... -> T), if/else, while, for..in, break/continue, Go-style operator precedence
- Implicit conversions only when lossless; literals adapt to their target type
- Runtime checks for division by zero, MIN/-1 and null .value
- C interop: import "header.h" via libclang, link "lib" with pkg-config, link-error advice
- Human-readable errors with source excerpts
- Test suite (34 tests), examples, docs for beginners/technicians/engineers in English and Polish

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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// A quick tour of Finch.
fn add(int a, int b) -> int {
return a + b
}
fn fib(int n) -> int {
if n < 2 {
return n
}
return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)
}
fn isEven(int n) -> bool {
return n % 2 == 0
}
fn greet(str name) {
if name == "Finch" {
print("Hi, it's me!")
} else {
print("Hi,", name)
}
}
fn main() {
// two ways to make a variable
int age = 10
name := "Ola" // type is guessed: str
pi := 3.14 // float
letter := 'F' // char
print(name, "is", age, "years old")
print("2 + 3 =", add(2, 3))
print("pi * 2 =", pi * 2)
print("first letter:", letter)
print("10 is even?", isEven(10))
greet("Finch")
greet(name)
// loops
for i in 0..10 {
if i == 3 {
continue
}
if i == 7 {
break
}
print("i =", i)
}
count := 3
while count > 0 {
print("countdown", count)
count -= 1
}
print("fib(30) =", fib(30))
print("7 / 2 =", 7 / 2, "and as float:", float(7) / 2)
print("int(9.99) =", int(9.99))
}