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# Spider Programming Language
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Spider is a lightweight scripting language designed to be simple to build,
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easy to embed, and straightforward to learn.
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## Why Spider?
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Most modern scripting languages have become increasingly complex over time.
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Spider was created to solve three main problems:
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- **Hard to embed:** Languages like Lua have verbose APIs and JavaScript
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interpreters are massive projects that take hours to compile.
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- **Poor interoperability:** Python and Lua make it complicated to communicate
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between the script and the host application.
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- **Outdated syntax:** Spider aims for a clean, modern syntax without
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requiring keywords like `end` or relying on indentation for structure.
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## How it works
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Spider compiles down to bytecode that runs on the Spider Virtual Machine (VM).
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The VM is written in C and can be compiled with a single Makefile, making it
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easy to port to any platform, including microcontrollers like the ATmega328p.
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## Current Status
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Currently in early development. The VM architecture, instruction set,
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register table, and calling convention have been defined and are being tested. |