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Nativity is the language and compiler for Birth Software. Nativity is the language and compiler for Birth Software.
# Design decisions and goals
# Language draft
## Design decisions and goals
Nativity is aimed to be reliable, fast and secure. It's designed with performance in mind. A few goals: Nativity is aimed to be reliable, fast and secure. It's designed with performance in mind. A few goals:
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- Types are not values - Types are not values
- Uniforming runtime and comptime evaluation is inherently slow. Specialized solutions must be proposed in order to guarantee efficiency. - Uniforming runtime and comptime evaluation is inherently slow. Specialized solutions must be proposed in order to guarantee efficiency.
# Initial constraints ## Initial constraints
Before self-hosting, Nativity will only be available on Linux (x86\_64) and MacOS (aarch64). The main reason for this is that these are the platforms commonly used for the lead developer, so extending the target range could be wasteful. Before self-hosting, Nativity will only be available on Linux (x86\_64) and MacOS (aarch64). The main reason for this is that these are the platforms commonly used for the lead developer, so extending the target range could be wasteful.
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Before self-hosting, there will be no float or vector support. Intrinsics will only be implemented as needed. After self-hosting, an implementation of all this will follow. Before self-hosting, there will be no float or vector support. Intrinsics will only be implemented as needed. After self-hosting, an implementation of all this will follow.
# Language draft
## Basic types ## Basic types
### Boolean ### Boolean