What is Dictu?
Dictu is a high-level dynamically typed, multi-paradigm, interpreted programming language. Dictu has a very familiar C-style syntax along with taking inspiration from the family of languages surrounding it, such as Python and JavaScript.
What does Dictu mean?
Dictu means simplistic in Latin.
Documentation for Dictu can be found here
import System;
const guess = 10;
while {
const userInput = input("Input your guess: ").toNumber().unwrap();
if (userInput == guess) {
print("Well done!");
break;
} else if (userInput < guess) {
print("Too low!");
} else {
print("Too high!");
}
System.sleep(1);
}def fibonacci(num) {
if (num < 2) {
return num;
}
return fibonacci(num - 2) + fibonacci(num - 1);
}
print(fibonacci(10));More here.
Dictu requires that you have CMake installed and it is at least version 3.16.3.
$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B ./build
$ cmake --build ./build # on Windows add "--config Release" here to get a Release build
$ ./dictu # on Windows the executable is ".\Release\dictu.exe"$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake --preset release
$ cmake --build --preset release
$ ./dictu # on Windows the executable is ".\Release\dictu.exe"The HTTP class within Dictu requires cURL to be installed when building the interpreter. If you wish to
build Dictu without cURL, and in turn the HTTP class, build with the DISABLE_HTTP flag.
$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DDISABLE_HTTP=1 -B ./build
$ cmake --build ./build # on Windows add "--config Release" here to get a Release build
$ ./dictu # on Windows the executable is ".\Release\dictu.exe"$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake --preset release-nohttp
$ cmake --build --preset release
$ ./dictu # on Windows add "--config Release" here to get a Release buildThis project includes support for the VCPKG C/C++ package manager in manifest mode.
To enable VCPKG support, the VCPKG_ROOT environmental variable must be set to the path of a check-out and bootstrapped
vcpkg repository on the compiling machine, and the ENABLE_VCPKG cmake flag must be set.
Compiling with VCPKG will enable certain features of Dictu that requires external library features to be automatically pulled and compiled.
$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_VCPKG=1 -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -B ./build
$ cmake --build ./build # on Windows add "--config Release" here to get a Release build
$ ./dictu # on Windows the executable is ".\Release\dictu.exe"$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake --preset release-vcpkg
$ cmake --build --preset release-vcpkg
$ ./dictu # on Windows add "--config Release" here to get a Release buildRefer to Dictu Docker
For a full installation, make sure curl is installed. It can be installed from the commands below:
$ pkg install -y curl linenoise-ngThe following variables need to be set/available to run cmake successfully.
For Bourne compatible shells...
export CPATH=/usr/local/include
export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib$ git clone -b master https://github.com/dictu-lang/Dictu.git
$ cd Dictu
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B ./build
$ cmake --build ./build
$ ./dictuDictu has a Visual Studio Code extension here with the implementation located in the DictuVSC repo.
This language was initially based on the very good craftinginterpreters book, along with inspiration from Wren.
This project is supported by:
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent