cxxlox

Based off the book, Crafting Interpreters by Bob Nystrom, cxxlox is an interpreter for the Lox language.

Implementation of the interpreter in the book was implemented using Java, but I decided to implement it using C++ instead.

Requirements

• CMake (version 3.20 or higher)
• A C++ compiler that supports C++20 (e.g., GCC, Clang, MSVC)

Project Structure

cxxlox/
├── src/
│   ├── CMakeLists.txt
│   ├── includes/
│   │   └── ... (header files)
│   ├── components/
│   │   ├── interpreter.cpp
│   │   ├── parser.cpp
│   │   ├── scanner.cpp
│   │   └── helper.cpp
│   └── main.cpp
└── build/ (to be created)

Building the Project

Follow these steps to build the jlox project:

1. Clone the Repository

   First, clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/phougt/cxxlox.git
   cd cxxlox

2. Create a Build Directory

   Create a build directory at the same level as the src folder:

   mkdir build
   cd build

3. Configure the Project with CMake

   You can specify a generator when configuring the project. For example, to use the Ninja generator, run:

   cmake -G Ninja ../src

   If you want to use the default generator (usually Makefiles on Unix-like systems), you can simply run:

   cmake ../src

   To see a list of available generators, you can run:

   cmake --help

4. Build the project using:

   cmake --build .

5. Run the executable

   ./cxxlox