A general-purpose open-source programming language and compiler designed to provide developers with an elegant and concise development experience, enabling them to build secure and reliable cross-platform software simply and efficiently.
- Clean, natural, and consistent syntax design
- Independent compilation system without LLVM dependency, supporting cross-platform compilation for linux/darwin on amd64/arm64
- Comprehensive type system with support for generics, null safety, and error handling
- Automatic garbage collection with very brief STW (Stop-The-World) pauses
- Modular design with npkg package management system
- Built-in shared-stack coroutines capable of millions of context switches per second
- Built-in libuv integration with coroutine-based IO event loop
- Built-in common data structures and standard library implementation with convenient C language interoperability
- LSP (Language Server Protocol) support for editors
- Progressive garbage collection with manual memory management capabilities
- Test module with dedicated testing DSL, aimed at efficient and stable AI-assisted coding
- Enhanced GC and non-preemptive coroutine scheduling system
- Cross-platform compilation support for WASM and RISC64 platforms
- Compilation to readable Go code
The project is currently under development. While the current syntax and API are relatively stable, minor syntax changes may occur before version 1.0.
The project includes a test suite and standard library to validate syntax functionality, though it hasn't been tested in medium to large-scale projects yet.
Given Nature's current features, it is suitable for game engine and game development, scientific computing and AI, operating systems and IoT, as well as web development.
Future development priorities include:
- Standard library enhancement
- Project validation and bug fixes
- Implementation of planned features listed above
Official website: https://nature-lang.org
Download and extract the Nature package from releases. It's recommended to move the extracted nature folder to /usr/local/ and add /usr/local/nature/bin to your system's PATH.
Create a main.n file:
import fmt
fn main() {
fmt.printf('hello nature')
}Compile and run:
> nature build main.n && ./main
hello nature
Editor support: https://github.com/nature-lang/nls
Code examples: https://github.com/nature-lang/nature/tree/master/tests/features/cases
https://nature-lang.org/docs/getting-started/hello-world
https://nature-lang.org/docs/prologue/contribution-guide
The compiler frontend, backend, runtime, and other project source code are licensed under the Apache License (Version 2.0). Nature source files (.n) included in the current project, such as the standard library, are licensed under the MIT License.