Spectra programming language

Programming language made for my tutorial videos (my youtube channel):

Syntax

Declaring a variable:

var a = 3;

Function expression:

var even = fun (n) {
	n % 2 == 0
};

If expression:

print("number a is " + if a % 2 == 0 {
	"even"
} else {
	"odd"
});

While expression:

while true {
	println("HELLO!");
}

Classes:

class Point {
	x, 
	y,
	constructor (x, y) {
		this.x = x;
		this.y = y;
	}
	distance_from (other_point) { todo() }
}

Progress

• Lexer
  • Tokenize identifiers
  • Tokenize string literals (without escape sequences)
  • Tokenize char literals (without escape sequences)
  • Process escape sequences
  • Tokenize integers
  • Tokenize floats
  • Process comments
• Parser
  • Parse expressions
    • Parse binary expression
    • Parse postfix expression
    • Parse prefix expression
    • Parse if expression
    • Parse while expression
  • Parse statement
    • Parse break statement
    • Parse continue statement
    • Parse expression statement
    • Parse class statement
• Tree-walk interpreter
  • Implement scopes
  • Evaluate expressions
    • Evaluate binary expression
    • Evaluate postfix expression
    • Evaluate prefix expression
    • Evaluate if expression
    • Evaluate while expression
  • Evaluate statements
    • Evaluate break statement
    • Evaluate continue statement
    • Evaluate expression statement
    • Evaluate class statement
• VM
• VM Bytecode Compiler