alanvf/objective-n

An object-oriented language targeting the Neko VM

Objective-N

What is it?

Objective-N is an object-oriented language targeting the Neko VM. You could think of it as a scriptable variant of Objective-C mixed with Neko.

Running

Steps for running code are coming soon.

Other things

• Obj-N's standard library is purposely modeled after Obj-C's standard library, with the exception of (temporarily) using the prefix ON_ rather than NS.
• The parser/compiler uses Scala's default parser combinator library, which makes it really easy to add new grammar to the parser.
• Obj-N is more of a toy language than a useful/productive language, so it won't always be getting frequent updates.

Possible questions

Q: Why don't you have any examples?

A: It's on my todo-list. For now, you could probably look at the standard library or test files. On that note, tests/mal is actually more of an example than a test, and it's based on the MAL tutorial.

Q: Can I use Obj-N classes in Haxe?

A: I haven't tested it, but you probably can.

Q: Can I use Haxe classes/functions/etc in Obj-N by using the Neko backend?

A: I haven't tested it, but you probably can since it uses modules. For identifiers that include @-signs, you can just use $objget(value, $hash("my@property")).

Q: Why did it take nearly a year for you to update the readme?

A: Never got around to doing it.