lynx
Lynx is an experimental project created by AndrewNation for a programming language that can be transpilled to JavaScript. The goal is to create an alternative language to JavaScript, easier to learn for newbies and people who already know and use JS every day. In the future, a Lynx to C++ transpiler will be written.
Goals:
- Easier to learn for JS users
- Cleaner syntax
- Easier to write code
- Easier to understand code
- Interoperability with and migration from existing JS code
JavaScript code:
const PI = 3.14;
function CircleArea(r) {
return PI * Math.pow(r, 2);
}
console.log(CircleArea(2.8));
Lynx code:
const PI = 3.14;
fun CircleArea(r) {
ret PI * Math.pow(r, 2);
}
io.print(CircleArea(2.8));
Getting started
Please run node lynxt.js input output to transpile Lynx code to JavaScript. The first argument is the input file and the last one is the output file (the result of the transpilation to JS).
You can also run the interactive Lynx interpreter by running node lynxt.js without any argument.