Wombat Programming Language

HUGE DISCLAIMER - THE LANGUAGE IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT STAGE

Why?

Why not?, It is a fun project to work with a complex learning curve making the time I've invested in it worth it.
For a long time I wanted something new to work with, something FUN, so why not create my own?

Development Goals

• Compiled
• Statically typed
• Rich and easy-to-understand syntax
• Fast to ship, fun to develop.
• Cross-platform. DISCLAIMER - ATM THE COMPILER SUPPORTS ONLY UNIX-OS.
• Readable and professional, by encforcing developers who are usually dismissive of clean code to start sticking to it.
• Turing-complete

Language vision

Here, you can find wombats visions.

Hello, World! - using wombat

import std

fn main() -> free
    write! "Hello, World!";
end

Socket boilerplate - using wombat

import std
from std.err import MaybeErr
from std.net import { Socket, SockError }

fn connectTo(ip: String, port: int) -> MaybeErr<SockError>
    mark! "NOT IMPLEMENTED";
end

fn startClient(sock: ref<Socket>) -> free
    mark! "NOT IMPLEMENTED!;
end

fn main() -> free
    match connectTo("127.0.0.1", 50000) with
    | Some(_) -> startClient(mem! sock);
    | SockError.NotAlive -> terminate! "ERROR: 127.0.0.1:50000 is not alive";
    end
end

Ideas and contribution

Wombat is in its baby steps, so be gentle.
Any criticism will be welcomed and any request to join the project will be received with love.