Ring Programming Language

	Status
MacOS X
Ubuntu Linux

============= Description

The Ring is an Innovative and practical general-purpose multi-paradigm scripting language that can be embedded in C/C++ projects, extended using C/C++ code and/or used as standalone language. The supported programming paradigms are Imperative, Procedural, Object-Oriented, Functional, Meta programming, Declarative programming using nested structures, and Natural programming. The language is portable (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, etc.) and can be used to create Console, GUI, Web, Games and Mobile applications. The language is designed to be Simple, Small, Flexible and Fast. Its Dynamic Language (Dynamic Typing and Weakly Typed) that compile the source code to byte code then execute it by the Ring Virtual Machine, which is integrated with the Ring Compiler in one program. The first version of the language (around 100,000 lines of C/C++/Ring code) is released on January 25th, 2016.

The language is simple, trying to be natural, encourage organization and comes with transparent and visual implementation. It comes with compact syntax and a group of features that enable the programmer to create natural interfaces and declarative domain-specific languages in a fraction of time. It is very small, fast and comes with smart garbage collector that puts the memory under the programmer control. It supports many programming paradigms, comes with useful and practical libraries. The language is designed for productivity and developing high quality solutions that can scale.

The language is designed for a Clear Goal

• Applications programming language.

• Productivity and developing high quality solutions that can scale.

• Small and fast language that can be embedded in C/C++ projects.

• Simple language that can be used in education and introducing Compiler/VM concepts.

• General-Purpose language that can be used for creating domain-specific libraries, frameworks and tools.

• Practical language designed for creating the next version of the Programming Without Coding Technology software.

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#Build from source code

Building using MacOS X

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install homebrew (follow the directions on homebrew's homepage).

Install Libraries

brew install unixodbc mysql-connector-c allegro qt52

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/src
./buildclangcomplete.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildclang.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Screen Shot

Run Ring Applications and Games from Ring Notepad

The next screen shot for the SuperMan Game (Developed using Ring)

To run the stars fighter game from the terminal

cd ../../ringlibs/gameengine
ring loadgame1.ring

To run the Flappy Bird 3000 game

ring loadgame2.ring

To run the SuperMan game

ring loadgame3.ring

Building using Ubuntu Linux

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install Libraries

cd ring/src
./installdep.sh 

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

sudo ./buildgcccomplete.sh

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../ringqt
./gencode.sh
./buildgcc.sh

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
sudo ./install.sh

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
sudo ring rnote.ring

Screen Shot

Building using Microsoft Windows

Get the source code

git clone http://github.com/ring-lang/ring.git

Install Libraries

MySQL     : https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/c/
LibCurl   : https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/
OpenSSL   : https://www.openssl.org
Allegro 5 : http://liballeg.org/download.html#windows
Qt 5.5    : https://download.qt.io/archive/qt/5.5/5.5.1/

You can quickly install MySQL, LibCurl, OpenSSL and Allegro libraries 
from this link : https://sourceforge.net/projects/ring-lang/files/Ring%201.0/libdepwin.zip/download
Then extract and copy the libraries folders to Ring/libdepwin

Build Ring (Compiler/VM)

cd ring/src
buildvccomplete.bat

Generate RingAllegro Source Code and Build

cd ../extensions/ringallegro
gencode.bat
buildvc.bat

Generate RingQt Source Code and Build

cd ../ringqt
gencode.bat
buildmingw32.bat

To be able to call ring from any folder

cd ../../bin
install.bat

Add Ring/bin to System path

Hit "windows key".
Type "Edit the System environment variables"
Select "Advanced" tab.
Click on "Enviroment Variables..."
Double click on "Path"
Add at the end the new path separated by semicolon. 
	;C:\Ring\Bin

Run Ring Notepad

cd applications/rnote
ring rnote.ring

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===================== Visual Implementation

The Ring programming language is designed using the PWCT visual programming tool (http://pwct.org) and you will find the visual source of the language in the folder "visualsrc" - *.ssf files and the generated source code (In the C Language) in the src folder and the include folder. The next screen shots demonstrates how to visually modify the Ring Compiler and Virtual Machine (VM) then generate the C code.

The next screen shot from the ring_vm.ssf file (Generate ring_vm.c and ring_vm.h)

The next screen shot from the ring_list.ssf file (Generate ring_list.c and ring_list.h)