From 0ba52d9043985baff61d4fae225420274d9ad9ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kimplul Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:17:10 +0200 Subject: finally add a README skeleton --- README.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 18832d3..4d0bc29 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1 +1,17 @@ -Hello. +# `ejit` + +`ejit` is a generic JIT/bytecode interpreter with a +strong focus on compilation speed and portability. It's built on top of the +excellent [`lightening`](https://gitlab.com/wingo/lightening) pure JIT library, +but adds a bytecode layer for systems that `lightening` doesn't support. The +bytecode layer also grants some QoL improvements, such as an (effectively) +unlimited number of virtual registers and a register allocator for mapping +theses virtual registers down to physical registers and a slightly easier to use +API (at least IMO). + +Documentation is still a bit lacking and the library is under active +development, but can already be used for some simpler usecases. See the +[`posthaste`](https://metanimi.dy.fi/cgit/posthaste/) language I implemented for +a university course for example. + +I also have a blog post about this library: https://metanimi.dy.fi/blog/ejit/ -- cgit v1.2.3