Bob Nystrom
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- Add Alexander Roper to AUTHORS file with newline fix for Starbeamrainbowlabs entry - Replace placeholder embedding API docs with full guide covering static/dynamic linking and source inclusion - Update codebase line count from 5,000 to 7,000 lines in README and index - Fix relative documentation links to absolute URLs in README - Add CSS styling for preprocessor directive syntax highlighting - Update Xcode project file references and CopyFiles build phase UUID - Adjust delta_blue benchmark expected value from 7032700 to 14065400 - Improve markdown header detection regex in generate_docs.py to avoid matching #include - Refactor metrics.py to exclude curly brace lines from code line counting - Add TEST_HEADERS dependency to test object compilation in wren.mk - Remove NULL parameter from runFile call in main.c - Refactor vm.c to support WrenBindForeignClassFn callback and rename externalBindForeign to bindMethodFn - Update vm.h to remove bindForeign parameter documentation and adjust runFile signature
Wren is a small, fast, class-based concurrent scripting language
Think Smalltalk in a Lua-sized package with a dash of Erlang and wrapped up in a familiar, modern syntax.
IO.print("Hello, world!")
class Wren {
flyTo(city) {
IO.print("Flying to ", city)
}
}
var adjectives = Fiber.new {
["small", "clean", "fast"].each {|word| Fiber.yield(word) }
}
while (!adjectives.isDone) IO.print(adjectives.call())
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Wren is small. The codebase is about 7,000 lines. You can skim the whole thing in an afternoon. It's small, but not dense. It is readable and lovingly-commented.
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Wren is fast. A fast single-pass compiler to tight bytecode, and a compact object representation help Wren compete with other dynamic languages.
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Wren is class-based. There are lots of scripting languages out there, but many have unusual or non-existent object models. Wren places classes front and center.
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Wren is concurrent. Lightweight fibers are core to the execution model and let you organize your program into an army of communicating coroutines.
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Wren is a scripting language. Wren is intended for embedding in applications. It has no dependencies, a small standard library, and an easy-to-use C API. It compiles cleanly as C99, C++98 or anything later.
If you like the sound of this, let's get started. You can even try it in your browser! Excited? Well, come on and get involved!
