Ring Programming Language

Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm language

	Resources	Operating System	Status
Download		macOS (Compiler: gcc C)
Help		Ubuntu Linux (Compiler: gcc C)
Try		macOS (Compiler: clang C)
Support		Ubuntu Linux (Compiler: clang C)

Description

The Ring is an Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm language. The supported programming paradigms are Imperative, Procedural, Object-Oriented, Functional, Meta programming, Declarative programming using nested structures, and Natural programming. The language is portable (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, etc.) and can be used to create Console, GUI, Web, Games and Mobile applications. The language is designed to be Simple, Small, Flexible and Fast. Read more!

Building from source code

You can build Ring using CMake or using Scripts (Batch Files or Shell Scripts).

The next steps explains building using scripts.

We provide instructions for building on the next platforms :-

(1) Microsoft Windows

(2) Ubuntu Linux

(3) Fedora Linux

(4) macOS

Building using Microsoft Windows

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/src
buildvc.bat
buildvcw.bat

Build Ring2EXE

cd ../ring2exe
buildring2exe.bat 

Build RingODBC

cd ../extensions/ringodbc
buildvc.bat

Build RingMySQL

cd ../extensions/ringmysql
buildvc.bat

Build RingSQLite

cd ../extensions/ringsqlite
buildvc.bat

Build RingOpenSSL

cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
buildvc.bat

Build RingInternet

cd ../extensions/ringinternet
buildvc.bat

Build RingMurmurHash

cd ../extensions/ringmurmurhash
buildvc.bat

Generate RingConsoleColors Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringconsolecolors
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingLibuv Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringlibuv
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6

cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

Install Qt 5.5 : https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.5/5.5.1/

cd ../extensions/ringqt
gencode.bat
buildmingw32.bat

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
install.bat

Add Ring/bin to System path

Hit "windows key".
Type "Edit the System environment variables"
Select "Advanced" tab.
Click on "Enviroment Variables..."
Double click on "Path"
Add at the end the new path separated by semicolon. 
	;C:\Ring\Bin

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
ring rnote.ring

Building using Ubuntu Linux

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdep.sh 

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

sudo ./buildgcc.sh

Build Ring2EXE

cd ../ring2exe
sudo ./buildring2exe.sh	

Build RingODBC

cd ../extensions/ringodbc
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingMySQL

cd ../extensions/ringmysql
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingSQLite

cd ../extensions/ringsqlite
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingOpenSSL

cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingInternet

cd ../extensions/ringinternet
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingMurmurHash

cd ../extensions/ringmurmurhash
./buildgcc.sh		

Generate RingConsoleColors Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringconsolecolors
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibuv Source Code and Build

We will build Libuv first

cd ../extensions/ringlibuv/libuv
sudo apt-get libtool install m4 automake
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

Then we will build RingLibuv

cd ..
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6

cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Building using Fedora Linux

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdepfedora.sh 

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

sudo ./buildgcc.sh

Build Ring2EXE

cd ../ring2exe
sudo ./buildring2exe.sh		

Build RingODBC

cd ../extensions/ringodbc
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingMySQL

cd ../extensions/ringmysql
./buildgccfedora.sh

Build RingSQLite

cd ../extensions/ringsqlite
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingOpenSSL

cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingInternet

cd ../extensions/ringinternet
./buildgcc.sh

Build RingMurmurHash

cd ../extensions/ringmurmurhash
./buildgcc.sh	

Generate RingConsoleColors Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringconsolecolors
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingLibuv Source Code and Build

We will build Libuv first

cd ../extensions/ringlibuv/libuv
sudo dnf install libtool m4 autoconf automake
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

Then we will build RingLibuv

cd ..
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6

cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildgccfedora.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Building using macOS

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install homebrew (follow the directions on homebrew's homepage).

Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdepmac.sh 

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

./buildclang.sh

Build Ring2EXE

cd ../ring2exe
sudo ./buildring2exe.sh	

Build RingODBC

cd ../extensions/ringodbc
./buildclang.sh

Build RingMySQL

cd ../extensions/ringmysql
./buildclang.sh

Build RingSQLite

cd ../extensions/ringsqlite
./buildclang.sh

Build RingOpenSSL

cd ../extensions/ringopenssl
./buildclang.sh

Build RingInternet

cd ../extensions/ringinternet
./buildclang.sh

Build RingMurmurHash

cd ../extensions/ringmurmurhash
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingConsoleColors Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringconsolecolors
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingLibCurl Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringcurl
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingZip Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringzip
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingLibuv Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringlibuv
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingFreeGLUT Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringfreeglut
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingOpenGL Source Code and Build

The ringopengl folder contains many sub folders for different OpenGL versions Starting from OpenGL 1.1 to OpenGL 4.6

cd ../extensions/ringopengl/opengl21
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
ring rnote.ring

Building using CMake

This will build the Ring compiler and Ring Virtual Machine

cmake .
make