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Language goals
Flang-Lite explores implementation from source text to execution. It connects parsing, intermediate structure, code generation, and runtime behavior.
Frontend pipeline
The lexer produces tokens, the parser constructs an AST, and later stages give the structure executable meaning. The project includes NASM native code generation and a bytecode VM path.
Implemented features
The documented set includes variables, expressions, if/else, while loops, and modules. The frontend has a lexer, parser, and AST. Native output targets NASM; the VM provides bytecode execution.
Native backend and VM
Native code generation connects source operations to instructions and control flow. The VM makes execution semantics explicit through bytecode and interpreter state. Agreement between paths is a useful test of the language's behavior.
Runtime and hard parts
Scope, evaluation order, control flow, and module behavior must agree with the backend. Diagnostics should explain source problems. Richer data types make runtime representation decisions increasingly important.
Current state and roadmap
Experimental language and runtime development. Iterators, map, zip, dictionaries, structs, enums, lists, and strings appeared in planning. They remain planned here unless a source revision demonstrates implementation.
Examples and repository
Exact syntax and verified programs have not been supplied, so no invented program is shown as valid Flang-Lite. A project-specific URL is not configured; the GitHub profile is available.