# babys-first-compiler

A basic compiler based off of @thejameskyle's super-tiny-compiler, compiles a simple LISP-esque syntax into runnable JS.

Currently supports a few built-ins, `add`, `subtract`, `assign`, `def` and `log`. Hopefully these are self-explanatory, or at least 
they should be from `example.mc`. A `;` denotes that the rest of the line (until the compiler sees `\n`) as a comment and 
means that it will not be compiled.

The compiler runs like `node compiler.js file.mc` where `file.mc` is the file you wish to compile, and this will produce an
`output.js` which requires `stdlib.js` to be in the same directory when running for now at least.

Functions and variables are in different scopes, so variables can have the same names as functions - even builtins,
thus making `(assign assign 5)` a totally okay thing to do.

Note that this compiler is not only totally useless, but also horrendously inefficient. Either way it's a fun exercise :)