v1.0.45-alpha

[KTSnowy]

Otterkit COBOL v1.0.45-alpha

This is a GitHub release test to prepare for future releases.
Otterkit is currently in pre-release, so not all of the standard has been implemented yet.

Notes:

• This release only provides an architecture agnostic Nuget package to install the compiler as a dotnet tool.
• We need to implement a shell script to install native builds on a user's machine (NativeAOT doesn't support cross-compilation yet),
  NativeAOT builds have much faster cold-start time, which could improve developer experience.

Standard COBOL parts not yet implemented:

• Source unit resolution and data division identifier checks.
• Report section, file section and screen section from the data division.
• Special names paragraph, object and source computer paragraph, and input-output section from the environment division.
• Options paragraph from the identification division.
• Most of the code generation has not been implemented yet.

Installation

Quick Install

Otterkit is available to install on the Nuget package manager (.NET 7 is required). To install, type these two lines into the command line:

dotnet new install Otterkit.Templates::1.0.10-alpha

dotnet tool install --global Otterkit --version 1.0.45-alpha

Build from Source

• First, clone the git repo from https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit.git to get the source code.
• To access the libotterkit submodule inside, use the --recurse-submodules --remote-submodules flag on the clone command.
• To run, navigate into the src folder (for the compiler, not libotterkit) and then type dotnet run into the command line.

What's Changed

• [WIP] Nicer classes+Parsing values now specified via JSON by @gabrielesilinic in [🐛]: where our beloved Otterkit? otterkit#1
• [Update]: Merge current codegen progress to main branch by @KTSnowy in https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/pull/5
• Added installation and about sections to ReadMe by @TriAttack238 in https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/pull/8
• Fix standard year by @TriAttack238 in https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/pull/9

New Contributors

• @gabrielesilinic made their first contribution in [🐛]: where our beloved Otterkit? otterkit#1
• @KTSnowy made their first contribution in https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/pull/5
• @TriAttack238 made their first contribution in https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/pull/8

Full Changelog: https://github.com/otterkit/otterkit/commits/Alpha

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