cli/q: 🌱 Programming language that quickly compiles to machine code. [rewrite in progress]

cli/q

🌱 Programming language that quickly compiles to machine code. [rewrite in progress]

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Eduard Urbach 8ea491bb92 All checks were successful / test (push) Successful in 16s Details Updated logo		2025-07-05 20:48:38 +02:00
docs	Updated logo	2025-07-05 20:48:38 +02:00
examples/hello	Added hello example	2025-06-18 23:05:20 +02:00
lib	Added write syscall for Mac on arm64	2025-07-05 14:24:41 +02:00
src	Implemented a minimum length for sections	2025-07-05 20:39:44 +02:00
tests	Added more tests	2025-07-05 12:14:34 +02:00
.gitignore	Updated documentation	2025-07-05 17:14:39 +02:00
go.mod	Implemented compilation to SSA form	2025-06-23 00:17:05 +02:00
go.sum	Implemented compilation to SSA form	2025-06-23 00:17:05 +02:00
main.go	Initial commit	2025-06-18 22:18:31 +02:00

Note

q is under heavy development and not ready for production yet.

Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in helping out.

⚡️ Installation

git clone https://git.urbach.dev/cli/q
cd q
go build

To symlink the compiler as q:

ln -s $PWD/q ~/.local/bin/q

q build examples/hello
./examples/hello/hello

go run gotest.tools/gotestsum@latest

Those marked with a star are supported in theory but there are no developer machines to test them.

All executables are built as Position Independent Executables (PIE) supporting a dynamic base address.

Code and data are separated into different memory pages and loaded with different access permissions.

	Read	Execute	Write
Code	✔️	✔️	❌
Data	✔️	❌	❌