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# C3 Language
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C3 is a C-like language trying to be "an incremental improvement over C" rather than a whole new language.
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C3 owes a lot to the ideas of the [C2 language](http://c2lang.org): to iterate on top of C without trying to be a
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whole new language.
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C3 tries to be an alternative in the the C/C++ niche: fast and close to the metal.
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### Design Principles
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- Procedural "get things done"-type of language.
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- Try to stay close to C - only change where truly needed.
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- C ABI compatibility and C C integration.
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- Learning C3 should be easy for a C programmer.
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- Dare violating the "close to metal" principle if the value is great.
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- Data is inert.
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- Avoid "big ideas".
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- Avoid the kitchen sink language trap.
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### Current status
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It's possible to try out the current C3 compiler in the browser: https://ide.judge0.com/?1EFo – this is courtesy of the
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developer of Judge0.
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Design work is still being done in the design draft here: https://c3lang.github.io/c3docs/. If you have suggestions, send a mail to [christoffer@aegik.com](mailto:christoffer@aegik.com), [file an issue](https://github.com/c3lang/c3c/issues) or discuss C3 on the r/ProgrammingLanguages Discord server: https://discord.gg/cfu4wdk
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There are some small work being done on the parser here, but most of the structure is still missing:
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#### What's missing in the parser
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- `asm` sections.
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- bitstructs
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- array range initializers e.g. `{ [1..2] = 2 }`
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- assert/$assert as keywords
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- Docs not linked to statements/functions/declarations.
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#### What's missing in the semantic analyser
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- Incomplete handling of imports.
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- Function signatures incomplete.
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- Function typedef not done.
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- `asm` not done.
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- `generic` not analysed.
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- `$switch` and `$for` not handled.
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- Enums not correctly handled.
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- Type resolution not complete for all types.
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- Macro call not handled completely.
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#### What's missing overall
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- Improved integration with C.
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- Generic macros.
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- Update of error system
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#### What's working?
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- Lexing and parsing works (except for the exceptions noted above).
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- Simple "hello world"
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- Most simpler C code.
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(For more details see missing.txt)
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If you wish to contribute with ideas, please file issues on the c3docs: https://github.com/c3lang/c3docs instead of the compiler.
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