Statically typed, compiled, high-performance, general-purpose programming language.

• This compiler is currently super early into development, so there's not any way to use it without directly editing settings in pthr/main.cpp
• It is not robust yet. For example, it is possible to get it to have a fatal error in some cases while parsing
• The code is not optimized yet, nor is it the absolute cleanest.
• There are lots of features that are disallowed now but will be added at some point in the future
• The logo may change in the future, but for now it's good enough

These are the goals that I wish to achieve with this language / compiler. In no particular order:

• Fast compile times
  • fast enough to compile all source code at once (create just one translation unit)
• Nice, readable, and helpful error messages
• Compiler helps you find mistakes (for example, nodiscard by default)
• Zero-cost abstractions
• Fast runtime (performance on-par with languages like C++)
• Language helps you catch mistakes without getting in the way (so nothing like Rust's borrow-checker)
• Seamless interop with C code (like Zig)
• Nice, readable code
  • No preprocessor
• Enjoyable to use
• Run arbitrary code at compile time (like Jai)
• Improved optimizability
  • Give the compiler more information about language constructs (without being verbose)
  • Attempt to run as much code at compile time as possible (yes, I'm aware of the halting problem)
• The build system is in Panther (like Zig and Jai)
• Compile-time reflection

These are the goals I have that are for after a 1.0.0 release:

• Rich and high-performance standard library
• Seamless interop with C++
  • May be impractical or impossible as Panther doesn't have features like inheritance or exceptions
• Self-hosted compiler (meaning, the Panther compiler is written in Panther)
• Panther debugger
• Package manager

git clone https://github.com/12Thanjo/Panther.git --recursive

Instructions on how to build (work on progress) can be found here.

List of changes for each version can be found here.