Lox_Learning is a project inspired by the book Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom. This project focuses on creating an interpreter for the Lox programming language, a language designed to showcase both object-oriented and functional programming paradigms. The interpreter is implemented in Java.

• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP):

  • Classes and instances.
  • Inheritance for code reuse and extensibility.
  • Encapsulation and method invocation.

• Functional Programming (FP):

  • First-class functions.
  • Lexical scoping.
  • Support for higher-order functions.

• Interpreter Design:

  • Lexical analysis (tokenization).
  • Syntax parsing (AST generation).
  • Semantic analysis and runtime evaluation.

You can use the Lox interpreter in two ways:

1. Interactive Mode (REPL): Run the interpreter without arguments to enter the interactive shell:

   java -cp bin com.lox.Lox

   You can then type Lox code directly and see the results.

2. Script Mode: Provide a .lox file as an argument to execute a script:

   java -cp bin com.example.lox path/to/script.lox

class Greeter {
  greet(name) {
    print "Hello, " + name + "!";
  }
}

var greeter = Greeter();
greeter.greet("World");

Hello, World!

• Crafting Interpreters Book

• Robert Nystrom for the Crafting Interpreters book, which inspired this project.