Installation

The following steps install the latest stable version of the Assert compiler. I can't ensure that all the examples in the book that compile will continue to compile with newer compiler versions. The output might differ strongly between versions, because I can change everything at any moment.

Command Line Notation

In this chapter, we’ll show some commands used in the terminal. Lines that you should enter in a terminal all start with $. You don’t need to type in the $ character; it indicates the start of each command. Lines that don’t start with $ typically show the output of the previous command.

Installing compilers on Linux

Clone the official Assert repository:

$ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/d3phys/assert-lang.git
Cloning into 'assert-lang'...
$ cd assert-lang

Checkout stable branch:

$ git checkout origin/stable

Build sources:

$ make
...
Assert language is compiled now!
Read: https://d3phys.github.io/assert-book/

Now you have four applications in your current folder:

• ./tr - front-end code to AST compiler.
• ./cum - back-end AST to AMD x86-64 compiler.
• ./cum-llvm - back-end AST to LLVM IR compiler.
• ./rev - front-end AST to code decompiler.

Also you have asslib.o and asslib-llvm.o standard library relocatable object files.

Check Hello, World! example to learn how to use them.

Updating and Uninstalling

After you’ve installed Assert via git, updating to the latest version is easy. Pull the updates and run make again.

$ git pull
$ make

To uninstall Assert remove assert-lang local repository from your PC:

$ ls
... ... assert-lang ... ...
$ rm -R assert-lang