Myrissa v0.1.0

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Myrissa™ - Pascal Elegance. C Interop. Native Binaries. Zero Dependencies.

Myrissa™ is a systems programming language that compiles straight to native Win64 and Linux64 binaries from a single Windows host. The lexer, parser, semantic analyzer, SSA optimizer, x86_64 encoder, PE/ELF writers, linker and runtime are all Delphi code in one repository. No LLVM. No Clang. No assembler, no link.exe, no ld, no C runtime to ship. Point myr at a .myr file and it produces an executable.

This is the first public release.

Highlights

• Pascal-flavored systems language -- begin..end blocks, := assignment, strong static typing, a module system. Keywords are case-insensitive; identifiers are case-sensitive.
• Sixteen primitive types with exact machine sizes, every one mapping to a C type: int8 to uint64, float32, float64, char, wchar, boolean, pointer, and managed string (UTF-8) and wstring (UTF-16).
• Records like C structs -- inheritance, packed, align(n), overlays (unions), anonymous overlays for tagged unions, bit fields, named record literals.
• Routines -- one keyword for functions and procedures, const and var parameters, first-class routine types, overloading via cpplink, forward declarations, variadics with varargs.
• Full C ABI interop in both directions -- call any C library via external; produce C-callable DLLs and static libraries with public routine clink. Naming a library in an external clause is what links it.
• Four module kinds -- exe, dll, lib, unit. Private by default, public to export, always qualified on import, initialize and finalize on every kind.
• Structured exceptions -- guard/except/finally with throw and throwcode. Catches software throws and hardware faults on both targets and propagates across routine, module and static-library boundaries.
• Sets as stack bitmasks -- union, intersection, difference and membership are single instructions.
• Conditional compilation -- @define, @ifdef, @ifndef, @elseif, @else, @endif with MYRISSA, TARGET_WIN64, TARGET_LINUX64, DEBUG, RELEASE, BUILD_EXE, BUILD_DLL, BUILD_LIB.
• CImporter -- myr cimport <script.mys> reads C headers and writes a complete unit module with per-target DLL names. One binding serves both targets. Bindings for raylib, SDL3, SDL3_image, SDL3_mixer, SDL3_net, SDL3_rtf, SDL3_sound and SDL3_ttf ship with the release.
• Built-in unit testing -- test "name" begin ... end; blocks with assert, asserteq, asserteqf, assertnil, assertnotnil, assertfail and more.
• Version info and icons embedded through directives. No resource compiler step.

The pipeline

Every stage is Delphi code. No temporary files, no child processes. Lexer, recursive-descent/Pratt parser, semantic analysis, emitter, SSA optimizer (constant propagation and folding, copy propagation, CSE, DCE), x86_64 codegen with linear-scan register allocation and direct byte encoding for both the Win64 and System V ABIs, PE writer with .pdata unwind info, ELF writer, COFF and ELF archive writers, and a linker that reads foreign MSVC and MinGW archives and chases /DEFAULTLIB into SDK import libraries.

Optimization levels: none (default, writes a .mdbg debug sidecar), basic, full. Every level must produce correct output on both targets; the compliance gate enforces it.

Tooling

• myr -- the command-line compiler. -r build-and-run (Linux binaries run via WSL), -d debug, -t win64|linux64, -opt none|basic|full, -sub console|gui, -o output dir, -h help.
• myr cimport -- generate a binding unit from a C header via a .mys script.
• myrlsp -- language server: diagnostics, completions, hover, go-to-definition, document symbols.
• Native debugger -- DAP-based, over a .mdbg sidecar. Breakpoints via @breakpoint;, stepping, variables, call stacks. Launch with myr myapp -d. Currently targets win64.
• myrtester -- runs every compliance suite across both targets at all three optimization levels.

Quick start

myr hello -r

Compiles hello.myr to a native executable and runs it. Add -t linux64 for an ELF binary from the same source.

Release contents (Myrissa-0.1.0-x86_64-windows.zip)

Path	Description
bin/myr.exe	CLI compiler
bin/myrlsp.exe	Language server
bin/myrtester.exe	Compliance test runner
bin/res/libs/std/	Standard library modules
bin/res/libs/system/	System modules
bin/res/libs/vendor/	Vendor bindings (raylib, SDL3 and the SDL3 satellite libraries)
bin/res/cimport/	CImporter .mys scripts for the shipped bindings
bin/res/demos/	raylib and SDL3 demos
bin/res/tests/	Compliance test suites (.myr sources)
bin/res/assets/	Demo assets
docs/Myrissa.md	Reference manual (Markdown)
docs/Myrissa.pdf	Reference manual (PDF)
media/	Logo and branding
README.md	Project overview
LICENSE	Apache License 2.0

Documentation: See docs/Myrissa.md (or docs/Myrissa.pdf) for the complete language reference. Online at myrissa.org.

Requirements: Windows 10/11 x64. linux64 binaries build on the same host; running them via -r requires WSL2. Building the compiler from source requires Delphi 12 Athens.

File Integrity

Release files are signed with minisign to verify their authenticity and integrity.

Public key:
RWSLGfwSOWByrazkUwTzwlJ3rozKvaSnr3KT2aS/hSPDSLzUTPgj/m2X

To verify a downloaded file:

minisign -Vm <filename> -P RWSLGfwSOWByrazkUwTzwlJ3rozKvaSnr3KT2aS/hSPDSLzUTPgj/m2X

A successful verification confirms that the file was signed by the project and has not been modified since it was signed.

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