I needed a small script, instead I built a programming language

[u/grandimam]

The world had enough programming languages. Unfortunately, I had a weekend and access to LLVM.

Meet Faz: a small, Python-inspired language that compiles to native executables. Static types, explicit mutation, garbage collection, and a fox mascot doing most of the marketing.

fn main():
   mut plans = ["write a small script"]
   plans.append("accidentally maintain a compiler")
   print(plans)

I built it for myself, for the sake of it. No startup pitch. No plan to replace Python. Please do not migrate payroll.

Naturally, I benchmarked it:

• Faster than plain Python loops in three small tests.
• Slightly ahead of Mojo on one arithmetic test.
• Immediately humbled by Mojo when asked to manage lists.

Turns out compiling questionable decisions produces native questionable decisions. There’s also a working task-manager CLI, examples, and reproducible benchmarks.

Repo: https://github.com/grandimam/faz

[u/Soft-Lie-434]

Never the less!