💎 Quartz Programming Language

Quartz is a powerful, dynamic, and interpreted programming language designed for flexibility, ease of use, and high-performance system interaction. Built on .NET, it combines a familiar C-like syntax with advanced features typically found in systems languages, such as a Foreign Function Interface (FFI) and direct memory manipulation.

🚀 Key Features

• Dynamic Typing: Enjoy the speed of development with dynamic types and powerful type inference.
• Foreign Function Interface (FFI): Call native functions from DLLs (user32.dll, kernel32.dll, etc.) directly with the extern keyword.
• Low-Level Control: Built-in memory management via the Marshal module, supporting pointers and raw memory access.
• Modern OOP: Full support for Classes, Inheritance, and Structs with operator overloading.
• Rich Standard Library: Comprehensive modules for Networking, Cryptography, File I/O, Process Management, and more.
• First-Class Functions: Support for standard functions and lambda expressions.
• Error Handling: Robust try/catch mechanism for graceful error management.

🛠️ Quick Start

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/furkan-1337/Quartz.git

2. Build the project using the .NET SDK:

   dotnet build

Running the Interpreter

Launch the Quartz REPL:

quartz.exe

Run a script:

quartz.exe path/to/script.qz

Hello World Example

auto message = "Hello, Quartz!";
Console.print(message);

🔍 Language Highlights

Native FFI (Windows API)

Quartz makes it trivial to interact with the Windows API:

func msgBox(title, text) {
    extern("user32.dll", "int", "MessageBoxA", "int", "string", "string", "int")(0, text, title, 0);
}

msgBox("Quartz", "Hello from FFI!");

Structs & Operator Overloading

Define compact data structures with custom behavior:

struct Vector2 {
    float x;
    float y;

    func add(other) {
        return Vector2(this.x + other.x, this.y + other.y);
    }
}

auto v1 = Vector2(10.0, 20.0);
auto v2 = Vector2(5.0, 5.0);
auto v3 = v1 + v2; // Result: {15.0, 25.0}

Powerful Standard Library

Quickly perform complex tasks like downloading files:

auto url = "https://example.com/data.txt";
Network.downloadFile(url, "data.txt");
Console.print("Download complete!");

📖 Documentation

For a deep dive into the language syntax and all available modules, check out the Language Guide.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.