Category:ArkScript

ArkScript is a small, fast, functional and scripting language for C++ projects, inspired by Lua, Lisp, and Python.

The language has been designed to be concise, with only 9 keywords, and two rules to parse it:

the first node after an opening paren ( is a "function", the following nodes are arguments
the only exception to the previous rule is when defining the argument list of a function

(let foo 5)
(let bar "hello world!")

(let egg (fun (a b c)
  (+ a (* b c))))

(print (egg 1 foo bar))

The language is also

small: the core fit under 8000 lines of code ; also small in terms of keywords (only 9)
a scripting language: very easy to embed it in your projects. Registering your own functions in the language is made easy
portable: a unique bytecode which can be run everywhere the virtual machine is
a functional language: every parameter is passed by value, everything is immutable unless specified
powerful: provides closures and explicit capture
promoting functionalities before performances: expressiveness often brings more productivity, though performances aren't left behind
a Lisp inspired language, with fewer parentheses: [...] is expanded to (list ...) and {} to (begin ...)
extensible: supports C++ module to use it in the language, adding functionalities