ginger/README.md

# Ginger

A programming language utilizing a graph datastructure for syntax. Currently in
super-early-alpha-don't-actually-use-this-for-anything development.

## Development

Current efforts on ginger are focused on a golang-based virtual machine, which
will then be used to bootstrap the language.

If you are on a machine with nix installed, you can run:

```
nix develop
```

from the repo root and you will be dropped into a shell with all dependencies
(including the correct go version) in your PATH, ready to use.

## Demo

An example program which computes the Nth fibonacci number can be found at
`examples/fib.gg`. You can try it out by doing:

```
go run ./cmd/eval/main.go "$(cat examples/fib.gg)" 5
```

Where you can replace `5` with any number.
Remove a bunch of old code, update the README 3 years ago			`# Ginger`
should probably just commit this shit 7 years ago
Got basic demo working, ran go fmt 2 years ago			`A programming language utilizing a graph datastructure for syntax. Currently in`
			`super-early-alpha-don't-actually-use-this-for-anything development.`
Make graph generic The base graph implementation has been moved into its own package, `graph`, and been made fully generic, ie the value on each vertex/edge is a parameterized type. This will allow us to use the graph for both syntax parsing (gg) and runtime evaluation (vm), with each use-case being able to use slightly different Value types. 2 years ago
			`## Development`

			`Current efforts on ginger are focused on a golang-based virtual machine, which`
Switch to using nix flakes, and update go to a real version 7 months ago			`will then be used to bootstrap the language.`
Make graph generic The base graph implementation has been moved into its own package, `graph`, and been made fully generic, ie the value on each vertex/edge is a parameterized type. This will allow us to use the graph for both syntax parsing (gg) and runtime evaluation (vm), with each use-case being able to use slightly different Value types. 2 years ago
Switch to using nix flakes, and update go to a real version 7 months ago			`If you are on a machine with nix installed, you can run:`
Make graph generic The base graph implementation has been moved into its own package, `graph`, and been made fully generic, ie the value on each vertex/edge is a parameterized type. This will allow us to use the graph for both syntax parsing (gg) and runtime evaluation (vm), with each use-case being able to use slightly different Value types. 2 years ago
			```
Switch to using nix flakes, and update go to a real version 7 months ago			`nix develop`
Remove a bunch of old code, update the README 3 years ago			```
Make graph generic The base graph implementation has been moved into its own package, `graph`, and been made fully generic, ie the value on each vertex/edge is a parameterized type. This will allow us to use the graph for both syntax parsing (gg) and runtime evaluation (vm), with each use-case being able to use slightly different Value types. 2 years ago
			`from the repo root and you will be dropped into a shell with all dependencies`
Switch to using nix flakes, and update go to a real version 7 months ago			`(including the correct go version) in your PATH, ready to use.`
Got basic demo working, ran go fmt 2 years ago
			`## Demo`

			`An example program which computes the Nth fibonacci number can be found at`
			`examples/fib.gg`. You can try it out by doing:

			```
			`go run ./cmd/eval/main.go "$(cat examples/fib.gg)" 5`
			```

Complete refactor vm to not be as stupid This commit is the result of many days of picking vm apart and putting it back together again. The result is an implementation which separates compile and runtime into separate steps, and which functions (more) correctly in the face of recursion. Pretty much all aspects of vm have been modified or deleted, so it's not even really worth it to describe specific changes. Just pretend this is the original implementaiton and the old one was never done. 2 years ago			Where you can replace `5` with any number.