README.md

golox

An implementation of the Lox language written in go.

Additional features

• Multiline comments

  /* This is
  a multiline 
  comment */
  

• Anonymous functions

  Anonymous functions for use cases like passing functions as arguments.

  fun thrice(fn) {
    for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i = i + 1) {
      fn(i);
    }
  }
  
  thrice(fun (a) {
    print a;
  });
  // "1".
  // "2".
  // "3".
  

Usage

Make sure you have golang installed.

$ git clone https://github.com/AnshVM/golox.git
$ cd ./golox
$ go build
$ ./golox

This will fire up the lox REPl

For running a lox file -

$ ./golox filepath.lox