Lomda is a mathematically inspired programming language designed to be easily readable and mathematically useful. The language is able to implicitly perform a number of operations, ranging from addition to differential calculus. It also comes with a type system that can be used to verify some of the safety of the language.
A primarily motivation of the programming language was to enable easy implementations of machine learning algorithms. In particular, the differential operator enables simple gradient descent.
As Lomda runs on a C++ backend, you will require g++11 to compile the source.
On a Unix-based system, the source can be built using make. Simply run it in
the main directory to generate the lomda executable.
To test Lomda, you can run the interpreter with the test flag. That is,
$ ./lomda -t
Lomda offers the ability to run either as a line-by-line interpreter or as an executor. The following are supported usages of the executable:
$ ./lomda
$ ./lomda source.lom
Without a source file, Lomda will initialize the interpreter and prompt for a program or an exit command. The interpreter will look something like this:
$ ./lomda
Lomda 1.0.1
Compiled May 9 2018 @ 20:11:11
Enter a program and press <enter> to execute, or one of the following:
'exit' - exit the interpreter
'q/quit' - exit the interpreter
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If you see the prompt, then you can begin typing in programs to execute. If you are unfamiliar with the syntax, feel free to consult the wiki.
For information regarding usage of the interpreter, please consult the wiki. It features information on usage of the interpreter on the command line, as well as instructions regarding how to utilize the syntax of the language.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.
Lomda was created by Christopher Hittner