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# q
A programming language including compiler, assembler and linker with the following goals:
- Fast compilation
- High performance
- Tiny executables
## Installation
Build:
```shell
git clone https://git.urbach.dev/cli/q
cd q
go build
```
Symlink:
```shell
ln -s $PWD/q ~/.local/bin/q
```
## Usage
Build:
```shell
q build examples/hello
```
Run:
```shell
./examples/hello/hello
```
## Tests
To run all tests:
```shell
go run gotest.tools/gotestsum@latest
```
Every package must pass its unit tests.
The code coverage should ideally be around 80-100% for each package.
Integration tests that test the output of the produced executables are located in the dedicated `tests` directory.
## Platforms
### Matrix
| | arm64 | x86-64 |
| ------- | ------ | ------ |
| Linux | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Mac | ✔️* | ✔️ |
| Windows | ✔️* | ✔️ |
Those marked with a star are supported in theory but there are no developer machines to test them.
### Cross compilation
Compilation for a different target is supported out of the box:
```shell
q build examples/hello --os linux
q build examples/hello --os mac
q build examples/hello --os windows
```
```shell
q build examples/hello --arch x86
q build examples/hello --arch arm
```
## Security
### PIE
All executables are built as Position Independent Executables (PIE) supporting a dynamic base address.
### Memory pages
Code and data are separated into different memory pages and loaded with different access permissions.
| | Read | Execute | Write |
| ------ | ---- | ------- | ----- |
| Code | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
| Data | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
## Status
`q` is under heavy development and not ready for production yet.
Feel free to [get in touch](https://urbach.dev/contact) if you are interested in helping out.
## License
Please see the [license documentation](https://urbach.dev/license).
## Copyright
© 2025 Eduard Urbach