Zeta Programming language

Zeta 0.1 is an imperative programming language made for educational purposes that supports Object Orientation and closures among other modern features.

• Zeta is dynamically typed
• Zeta has tight lexical scoping

How code looks like

// A counter
fn makeCounter() {
	let count = 0;
	fn increment() {
	count = count + 1;
	print count;
	}
	return increment;
}
let counter = makeCounter();
counter(); // prints 1
counter(); // prints 2
counter(); // prints 3

Installation

The out directory contains class files with Zeta as the main class.

buildlinux.sh is a loose script written for Linux systems :

• $ git clone https://github.com/mirimmad/zeta-lang.git
• $ cd zeta-lang
• $ [sudo] sh buildlinux.sh
• $ zeta or $ zeta script.zt

To install on Windows:

• git clone https://github.com/mirimmad/zeta-lang.git
• cd zeta-lang
• Run installwindows.bat
• zeta or zeta script.zt

To remove on Windows:

• Run removewindows.bat

TO-DO

• Library Support - Zeta currently does not support external libraries.
• Replacement of Tree Walking interpreter by a VM.
• Optimizations .

Contact

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