objective-lol

README

Objective-LOL

A programming language inspired by LOLCODE.

Key Features

• Strong Type System: Seven built-in types with automatic and explicit casting
• Object-Oriented Programming: Classes with inheritance, constructors, and visibility modifiers
• Functions & Scoping: Lexical scoping with parameters, return values, and recursion
• Module System: Import built-in and file modules with selective import syntax
• Exception Handling: Comprehensive try-catch-finally blocks with custom exceptions
• Rich Collections: Dynamic arrays and maps with extensive methods
• Standard Library: File I/O, mathematics, time, string utilities, threading, and buffered I/O

Quick Start

Installation

git clone https://github.com/bjia56/objective-lol.git
cd objective-lol
go build -o olol cmd/olol/main.go

Hello World

Create hello.olol:

BTW This is a comment - Hello World program

HAI ME TEH FUNCSHUN MAIN
    I CAN HAS STDIO?
    SAYZ WIT "Hello, World!"
KTHXBAI

Run it:

./olol hello.olol

Next Steps

• Getting Started Guide
• Quick Reference
• Full Documentation

Building and Development

Build Commands

# Build the interpreter
go build -o olol cmd/olol/main.go

# Build LSP server (optional)
go build -o olol-lsp cmd/olol-lsp/main.go

# Format code
go fmt ./...

# Check compilation
go build ./...

Testing

# Run all tests
go test ./...

# Run with verbose output
go test -v ./...

# Run integration tests
./olol pkg/integration/tests/01_basic_syntax.olol

License

MIT