Commit graph Finch/boot/parser.fn
Author SHA1 Message Date
Nexoniarz
f897fb3140 Rename the Finch file extension from .fn to .fch
.fn is already used by other tools (e.g. Fennel). Modules are now looked up as name.fch;
a leftover name.fn gets a clear message telling you to rename it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-08 19:27:42 +02:00
Nexoniarz
c7ddd4d8b6 Bootstrap: the Finch compiler written in Finch
boot/ is a second Finch compiler written in Finch (lexer, parser, type checker and
an LLVM IR text generator, ~3k lines). Built by the C++ compiler it compiles itself;
stage 2 and stage 3 produce byte-identical IR. It covers the core language: functions,
structs, arrays, str, pointers, loops and modules (no C imports, sized numbers or defer),
copies values like the main compiler and leaves freeing memory to the operating system.

tests/boot.sh checks the fixpoint and runs the test programs it supports.
Also: shell(cmd) built-in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-08 19:07:49 +02:00