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diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f58f6d --- /dev/null +++ b/readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# parscan + +Parscan is an experimental project to test a single parser to multiple +languages and virtual machines. + +The first language definition is a subset of Go, enough to implement +simple benchmarks, as fibonacci numbers. + +The first VM is a stack machine, operated by walking directly the AST. + +The next step is to add a byte-code based VM and the corresponding byte code +generator. + +Further steps is to get closer to full Go spec and / or introduce new +languages definitions and new VM implementations. + +Note: this is highly experimental and unstable. |