The Slow Programming Language #

The Slow programming language is a dynamically-typed interpreted programming language implemented in Go.

Installation #

Currently, the only way to run the Slow interpreter is to build it from source. This can be done using the go CLI:

$ go install github.com/chrispyles/slow@latest

This will add the slow binary to your Go bin directory, so make sure it is in your $PATH. Slow uses Go generics, so you must have Go 1.18 or later.

Usage #

The slow interpreter has two modes: script execution and live interpretation. To launch the Slow interpreter, just run the slow command:

$ slow

To run a Slow script (idiomatically a .slo file), pass the path to the file to the slow command:

$ slow main.slo

To launch the Slow interpreter after executing a script, use slow -i, like the Python CLI:

$ slow -i main.slo

Playground #

You can test out Slow using the online playground, which runs the Slow interpreter entirely in your browser with WASM.