Maintained by Kevin Angstadt

Snail (Strings Numbers Arrays and Inheritance Language) is a dynamically typed, expression-based, object-oriented programming language that is simple enough to be implemented in a one-semester course.

Version 1.3.0 Released

Version 1.3.0 of snail has been released. This version adds a language server feature, which allows IDEs to query snail for parsing and lexing errors. This version also contains minor bug fixes as described below as well as some internal changes. You can download a copy from the Downloads page.

[v1.3.0] - 2023-05-04

Added

  • Language server support (-s or --server) to support on-the-fly parsing and lexing error messages via a VSCode plugin (or other plugin)
  • identifiers may now begin with _ (underscore)
  • Internal testing for the reference parser

    Changed

  • Internally, the reference interpreter was refactored to use lightweight threads (Lwt)

    Fixed

  • EOF while parsing now has a dedicated error message
  • Resolved bug with array accesses not updating the store correctly

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