The ZYL Programming Language

A modern systems programming language with C-like syntax and zero-cost abstractions.

Features

• Performance: C-level speed, compiles to native code via LLVM
• Simple: Clean syntax without complexity
• Structs: With methods and default values
• Memory: Manual control with malloc/free
• Fast compilation: Compiles large projects in milliseconds

Quick Start

# Build compiler
chmod +x ./build.sh; ./build.sh

# Compile and run
zyl hello.zyl --of hello
./hello

Example

import std.libc.stdio : { printf }

struct Person {
    string name;
    int age;
    
    void greet(Person* self) {
        printf("Hi, I'm %s, %d years old\n", self.name, self.age)
    }
}

int main() {
    // Person p = Person{.age = 25, .name = "Alice"}
    Person p = Person{"Alice", 25}
    p.greet()
    return 0
}

Syntax

• Optional semicolons
• Structs with methods and default values
• For/while loops with break/continue
• Type inference coming soon

Performance

Benchmark: 100M iterations
Zyl:     0.08s  ⚡
Clang: 0.08s  (identical!)

Status

Early development. Core language complete. See examples/ for more.

License

MIT