roadmap.md

Roadmap

Step by step instructions to making the language.

• return 0;
  • Basic Tokenizing
  • Basic AST generation
  • Basic Code Generation and execution
  • x86 Code Generation
    • AST Iteration
    • Statement -> Assembly
    • Custom Assembler library
    • Assemble Basic instructions like push rax
    • Prefixes
    • Hints
    • Vector EXtension Instructions
      • EVEX
• return 1 + 1;
  • Expression Parsing
    • Order of Operations
    • Unary Operators
    • Comma
  • x86 Code Generation
    • Expression iteration and emitting appropriate instructions
• let hi = 1;
  • Parse Variable Declaration
  • x86 Code Generation
    • Stack allocation
    • Assignment
    • Automatic Return
• let hi = 1; return hi;
  • Sequential statements
  • x86 Code Generation
    • Basic Register Allocation
• print(1);
  • Function Calls
    • Arguments
  • Linking to the C library / externally defined functions.
  • x86 Code Generation
    • Function Call
    • Calling Conventions
      • Windows __cdecl
        • Register usage
        • Return values
      • Working with register allocation
• print("hi");
  • Strings
    • String Pooling
  • Function Calls
    • Arguments
    • Return Values
  • Linking to the C library / externally defined functions.
• fn main() { return 0; } return main();
  • Function Calls
  • Linking to the C library / externally defined functions.