From cd157cc69b62b13329d48a495acc6225475ef5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha Koshka <supergriffin64@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 21:15:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added more information about the language's design to readme

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 README.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -6,6 +6,35 @@ This is still under development and does not compile things yet. Once complete,
 it will serve as a temporary compiler that will be used to write a new one using
 the language itself.
 
+The old repository can be found [here](https://github.com/sashakoshka/arf-old).
+
+ARF is a low level language with a focus on organization, modularization, and
+code clarity. Behind it's avant-garde syntax, its basically just a more refined
+version of C.
+
+A directory of ARF files is called a module, and modules will compile to object
+files (one per module) using C as an intermediate language (maybe LLVM IR in the
+future).
+
+## Design aspects
+
+These are some design goals that I have followed/am following:
+
+- The standard library will be fully optional, and decoupled from the language
+- The language itself must be extremely simple
+- Language features must be immutable (no reflection or operator overloading)
+- Data must be immutable by default
+- Memory not on the stack must be allocated and freed manually
+- Language syntax must have zero ambiguity
+
+## Planned features
+
+- Type definition through inheritence
+- Struct member functions
+- Go-style interfaces
+- Generics
+- A standard library (that can be dynamically linked)
+
 ## Checklist
 
 - [X] File reader
@@ -13,3 +42,5 @@ the language itself.
 - [ ] Tokens -> syntax tree
 - [ ] Syntax tree -> semantic tree
 - [ ] Semantic tree -> C -> object file
+- [ ] Figure out HOW to implement generics
+- [ ] Create a standard library