Eisen, A Programming Language

Eisen is a conceptual language that pushes the notions of what a programming language should be. It's low level, like C/C++, compiling to machine code and providing very minimal support for memory management. It doesn't try to do everything, but what it does try is to provide the right kind of abstraction; the kind that engineers want to use because they're low cost and reduce complexity.

That's the fundemental drive of Eisen. Complexity leads to error; error leads to sadness; most people agree that sadness is bad. That's it.

Overview

After a particularly dark and souless day of C++ development, Eisen was born.

fn main() {
    print("hello world")
}

Eisen draws inspiration from Rust, Go, and many other languages out there. We try to balance the dream of abstraction with the reality that machines operate on verbose exactness.

Get Started

Currently, the Eisen compiler is written in Python (... yes I know, deal with it). You can play around with it by cloning the repository and following the readme there.

$ git clone https://github.com/ktvng/eisen.git

You can run the tests with the following command

$ python ./src/main.py -t

Vision

Eisen is currently in prototype state, and there's no definitive plans to create a production ready standard (this is a lot of work, and it's very small here).

But we hope that Eisen serves as a demonstration and an example of what is possible. Named after the historic Stanley Eisenstat (affectionately know as Stan), a tenured Professor at Yale University, and cannonical guardian of the CPSC323 gateway, we hope that likewise, Eisen manages to inspire others.