Leaf is a programming language designed for bootstraping programming for E8 virtual machine. It is still under heavy construction, so it does not have a formal specification yet; most of the language design is still in my mind. Basically, it will be a C/C++ -like low-level language but with a language syntax similar to Go language.

Here are some language features.

• Very small run time.
• Type unsafe: you can cast from any type to any type.
• Programs are organized in packages.
• No macros.
• No garbage collection.
• Can bind methods with named type (like Go)
• Has interfaces (like Go).
• Has anonymous member variable (like Go), and hence no inheritance.

As my first try here, I will only try to make the compiler work. So the compiling might be slow, and the assembly generated won't be beautiful.

go get e8vm.net/leaf

• 2014.6.28 We can compile and run basic hello world now!! Finally!

• Write a testing framework
• Variable Declaring
• Operator Expressions
• Boolean Type
• If statement
• Simple for statement // similar to while