Welcome

This is the zin language's home! Zin is a well equipped interpreted programming language crafted in rust, try it out today!

Example

induct system;
foo => (data,func) {
    for i in iter(data){
        func(i);
    }    
}
doc => (object){
    print("Object: ",object.__doc,"\nData: ",props(object));
}
# This is a comment!
doc(system);
foo([1,2,3],$(x){print("prefixed! ",x);});

Status

Currently this project is in development mode and is not ready for cargos package manager. Breaking changes are expected in future versions.

Installation

You must have cargo installed to continue. Clone the repository from github:

$ cd zin_lib
$ cd zin
$ cargo install --path .

Basics

Create a new file: 'test.zin' to get ready to program.

zin is run from the command line. To simply run your zin file at any point, open up a terminal and run:

$ zin test.zin

Remember, don't forget your semicolons!

Got it? Great!

Assignments

In zin, variables may be assigned with a 'let':

let foo = ...;

or with the special ':=' syntax:

foo := ...;

Functions

Functions may be declared with name=>(args..) {body...;}

foo =>(bar){
    #...
}

To return a value from a function, use the 'ret' keyword; If no value is explicitly returned, the return value will be void.

foo =>(bar){
    ret bar + 2;
}

To call a function:

foo(2);

Lambda functions may also be specified using the '$(args..){body...} syntax

foo := $(x){ret x+2;};

Loops

There is one kind of for loop in zin, and its iterator based. To iterate over a collection:

example := [1,2,3,4,5];
for i in iter(example) {
    print(i);
}

To iterate over a range of numbers:

for i in range(1,10) {
    print(i);
}

Roadmap

• Bring the std to stable version
• Allow imports from other files and packages
• Interface with external C libraries
• Optimize speed and memory
• Allow async functions
• Finish object implemntation