No bindings, no wrappers, Krypton compiles to C99 for full compatbility with C and C++. You may also generate a single-header C file from multiple Krypton source files to include as a library in your existing C/C++ project.

Calling a C function is as easy as importing it and calling it. Types and functions are C-compatible and use the C abi.
To achive this, Krypton uses the concept of "foreign imports" which skips type checking of foreign variables and functions. This tradeoff was deemed acceptable as building the project requires using a C compiler, which will detect any errors. It's also possible to manually or automatically generate type-infomration bindings to get better errors and type-safety.

Simple but powerful

Krypton aims to be as simple as possible while allowing enough flexibility with it's features to be powerful enough while not over complicating the language.

This doesn't mean the language is simple (no language is), but rather avoiding pointless complexity with little to no benefit to the programmer.

The programmer should have an easy time forming a mental model of the language, it's semantics and syntax, and how it works.

Designed for good programmers

Krypton is designed to be a "sharp knife". unlike other languages such as Rust, which hand-hold and restrict the programmer, Krypton believes programmers are compotent, and as such aims to provide them with powerful tools even if those tools can be misused.

Zen of Krypton

Favor simplicity over ease of use
Performance matters
Runtime crashes are better than bugs
Compile errors are better than runtime crashes
Semantic compression over premature abstraction
Errors are values
Bits are high level
Assume as much as possible
You know the most about your code

Contributing

If you wish to contribute, read the project guidelines.

Always make an issue first before submitting a PR, unless the PR addresses an existing bug.

To become a maintainer, reach out to me via mail.

License

All source code under the src/ directory is licensed under the MIT license.
All logos and artwork in the assets/ directory are copyrighted works of Kyren223 and are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.