dogelang 0.3.1

Doge is a dynamically typed scripting language with the ergonomics of a high-level scripting language and the performance of a compiled one. Scripts transpile to Rust and build ahead of time, so you write clear, low-ceremony code and ship a fast native binary:

• Native, cached builds — a .doge script becomes Rust source and compiles to a native executable. Builds are content-hashed and cached, so an unchanged script runs instantly.
• No sharp edges — one string type with character-based indexing, automatic int/float promotion, and reference-counted values with no GC, no unsafe, and no ownership rules to learn.
• Robust by default — every runtime fault is recoverable with pls/oh no, so a single bad value never takes down the program, and static checks catch mistakes before a build even starts.
• Diagnostics that help — errors point at the exact line with a caret and a concrete fix hint. You debug Doge, not Rust.

Example

so nerd

such greet much name:
    bark "much hello " + name
wow

for shibe in ["kabosu", "cheems", "walter"]:
    pls
        greet(shibe)
    oh no err!
        bark "very error: " + err

bark "sqrt of 16 is " + str(nerd.sqrt(16))
wow

Installation

Doge needs a Rust toolchain to install and to compile scripts.

cargo install dogelang

The first run pays the Rust compile time; the binary is then cached in ~/.cache/doge/, so an unchanged script runs instantly.

Usage

The examples/ folder tours the language; start with examples/tour.doge.

Documentation

License

Apache 2.0, see LICENSE.