Mech Project Roadmap
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1. Project Status
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(1.1) Stage 1 - Alpha `v0.0.1` - `v0.0.6`
Conception: started 2014
Implementation: started 2018
(1.2) Stage 2 - Beta `v0.1.0` - `v0.4+` (???)
Started: December 2022
Currently: `v0.3.4` (Spring 2026)
- `v0.1` proof of concept `Concluded 2023`
- `v0.2` data specification `Concluded 2025`
- `v0.3` program specification !!Started 2026!!
- `v0.4` system specification `TBD`
(1.3) Stage 3 - Stable v1.0.0
No target release date yet.
2. Feature Progress
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| Icon | Status | Description |
|------|:--------:|-------------|
| 💭 | Concept | Just an idea, no implementation |
| 🥚 | Proof of Concept | Hacked implementation sketch |
| 🐣 | Alpha Implementation | Missing features, many bugs, undocumented |
| 🐤 | Beta Implementation | Completed, with bugs, some tests and docs |
| 🐓 | Feature Complete | Fully implemented, tested, documented |
| 🍗 | Deprecated | Removed from specification, should not be used |
(2.1) Data Specification (`v0.2`)
Now that all `v0.2` work items are at the beta implementation stage, we will prepare to move on to `v0.3`. This will mean wrapping up documentation, tests, and any remaining bugs.
As beta features, these are are still not complete and are subject to change in `v0.3`.
-(🐤) repl
-(🐤) error system
-(🐤) value semantics
-(🐤) mechdown
-(🐤) type inference
-(🐤) new data types
-(🐤) variety of numerical datatypes
-(🐤) scientific numbers
-(🐤) imaginary numbers
-(🐤) rational numbers
-(🐤) strings
-(🐤) bools
-(🐤) new data structures
-(🐤) enums
-(🐤) option types
-(🐤) sets
-(🐤) maps
-(🐤) atoms
-(🐤) records
-(🐤) tuples
-(🐤) tables (dataframe)
-(🐤) flexible matrix type with fixed and dynamic sizes for homogeneous data
-(🐤) matrix builder notation
-(🐤) matrix slicing
-(🐤) operator broadcasting
-(🐤) logical indexing
-(🐤) variable type and size checking
-(🐤) builtin linear algebra tools
-(🐤) standard library
-(🐤) combinatorics
-(🐤) compare
-(🐤) io
-(🐤) math
-(🐤) matrix
-(🐤) set
-(🐤) stats
-(🐤) range
(2.2) Program Specification (`v0.3`)
(i)> Work on `v0.3` began in 2026.
Version `v0.3` incorporates all the features of `v0.2`, in addition to the following new features:
-(💭) synth/gen
-(💭) introspection
-(💭) higher order functions
-(💭) new types (dec64, currency, email addresses, dates)
-(💭) Integrations
-(💭) Godot
-(💭) Python
-(💭) C/C++
-(🐣) Rust
-(🐣) Javascript
-(🥚) automatic differentiation
-(🥚) language server
-(🥚) physical units with dimension checking
-(🥚) file/parameter server
-(🥚) time travel debugging
-(🥚) machine revamp
-(🥚) database revamp
-(🐣) state machines
-(🐣) match expressions
-(🐣) patterns
-(🐣) mika
-(🐣) matrix comprehension
-(🐣) set comprehension
-(🐣) self-contained binary executables
-(🐣) bytecode interpreter
-(🐣) build system
-(🐣) user defined functions
-(🐣) recursive functions
-(🐣) tests
-(🐣) profiler
-(🐣) gui
-(🐣) live coding
(2.3) System specification (v0.4)
-(💭) gpgpu
-(🐣) capability permissions
-(🐣) distributed programs
-(🐣) concurrent programming
3. Roadmap History
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(3.1) Version `v0.0.6-alpha` (unreleased)
-[x] Testing
-[x] Machines
-[x]HTML
-[x] Mouse
-[x] Keyboard
-[x] Canvas Drawing
-[x] File I/O
-[x] Standard Streams
-[x] Strings
-[x] Number Literals
-[x] HTTP
-[x] Math
-[x] Stats
-[x] Random
-[x] Time
-[x] Set
-[x] System
-[x] Input Arguments
-[x] Exit
-[x] Mech Compiler
-[x] Table
(3.2) Version `v0.1.0` (December 2022)
-[x] User defined functions
-[x] Errors
-[x] Distribution
-[x] Paralell operators
-[x] Async blocks
-[x] Units
-[x] Type checking
-[x] Multiple dispatch
-[x] JIT Block Compiler
-[x] Native executables
-[x] REPL
-[x] Machines
-[x] Matrix
-[x] GUI
(3.3) Version `v0.1.1` (Spring 2023)
- Core
-[x] Automatic differentiation
-[x] Capability system
-[x] New parser
- Language Server
-[x] Syntax Highlighter
-[x] Autocomplete
-[x] Goto Definition
-[x] Goto Docs
-[x] Hover inspector
-[x] Workspace support
-[x] Database watcher
- Editor
-[x] Compile programs
-[x] Database Explorer
- Docs
- Mech platform references
-[x] User Guide
-[x] Ecosystem
-[x] Architecture
- Machines
- More gui
- ai