rusty-ruby

A Ruby language frontend for the Nyar VM.

Overview

rusty-ruby is a high-performance Ruby frontend for the Nyar VM ecosystem. It brings the elegance and programmer-centric philosophy of Ruby to a modern, JIT-optimized runtime, enabling Ruby applications to benefit from advanced features like algebraic effects, multi-tier execution, and precise garbage collection.

Features

• Programmer Happiness: Full support for Ruby's expressive syntax and dynamic object model.
• Pure Object Orientation: Maps Ruby's "everything is an object" model to Nyar's native object system and virtual dispatch.
• Nyar Ecosystem Integration:
  • nyar-jit: Optimizes hot Ruby methods and blocks into native machine code.
  • nyar-gc: Provides high-performance, precise memory management for managed Ruby objects.
  • Algebraic Effects: Used to implement Ruby's powerful control flow, including blocks, procs, and exception handling.
• Dynamic Meta-Programming: Supports Ruby's dynamic nature through Nyar's integrated metaprogramming primitives.

Supported Constructs

• Core Syntax: class, module, def, attr_accessor.
• Control Flow: if, unless, while, until, begin/rescue/ensure.
• Blocks & Procs: Full support for Ruby's block syntax and closure model.
• Standard Library: Integrated with Nyar's FFI for core Ruby library support.

Getting Started

Usage via Nyar CLI

nyar run application.rb

Usage as a Library

use rusty_ruby::RustyRubyFrontend;
use nyar_types::NyarFrontend;

let frontend = RustyRubyFrontend::new();
let ast = frontend.parse("def hello(name); puts \"Hello, #{name}!\"; end").unwrap();
// Lower and execute via NyarVM

License

Licensed under MIT OR Apache-2.0.