My: The Language That Grows With You 🌱

My is a modern, systems-capable programming language designed for progressive complexity. Start with the clarity of Python or Go, and grow into the expressive power of Rust or Zig—without the steep learning curve. Whether you’re building CLI tools, web backends, or embedded systems, My lets you scale your mental model as your project scales.

✨ Why My?

Feature

🧠 My

🐍 Python

🦀 Rust

Memory Safety

✅ GC + Affine Types

✅ GC (no compile-time checks)

✅ Ownership (complex)

Concurrency

✅ M:N Threads + Async/Await

❌ GIL-limited

✅ Fearless (steep curve)

Performance

✅ Native + WASM

❌ Interpreted

✅ Zero-cost abstractions

Contracts

✅ First-Class

❌ Runtime Assertions

❌ Debug assertions only

Metaprogramming

✅ Comptime

❌ Decorators/Macros

✅ Procedural macros

Learning Curve

✅ Progressive

✅ Low (but no safety)

❌ Steep

Reversibility

✅ Checkpoint/Rollback

❌ Not supported

❌ Not supported

Cut Operator

✅ Prolog-style commitment

❌ Not supported

❌ Not supported

My is designed to be auditable, composable, and future-proof—ideal for systems programming, tooling, and governance platforms.

🧭 Modes of Collaboration

My supports three distinct modes of development, each tailored to your preferred balance of human and AI collaboration:

Mode Description Ideal For Status

🧍 Solo

Human-first: You write, My assists Craftsmanship, pedagogy, control

✅ Implemented

🤝 Duo

Balanced: You and My co-create Pair programming, prototyping

🚧 In Development

🧠 Ensemble

AI-first: My leads, you refine Exploration, automation, orchestration

📋 Planned

Each mode is opt-in and narratable—your repo can declare its mode, and My adapts its tooling, suggestions, and audit trails accordingly.

🧍 Solo Mode Features (Implemented)

The Solo dialect is now fully operational with these cutting-edge features:

Affine Types - Resources that must be used exactly once (no accidental duplication)

Linear Types - Resources that must be consumed (no resource leaks)

Cut Operator (!) - Prolog-style parsing commitment (no backtracking after cut)

Partial Reversibility - Checkpoint and rollback for computation recovery

Pattern Matching - Algebraic data types with exhaustive matching

Async/Await - First-class asynchronous programming

Contracts - Design-by-contract with requires and ensures

Move Semantics - Explicit resource management

🌈 Newtonian Spectrum of Agents

In Ensemble mode, My orchestrates a team of agentic octopuses—each colored according to Newton’s sevenfold rainbow. This metaphor reflects decomposed capability, not cultural signaling, and evokes clarity through spectral analysis.

Color Role Symbolism Solo Implementation

🔴 Red

Performance agent (hot path, core) Optimized recursive descent parser

🟠 Orange

Concurrency agent (thread orchestration) Async/await foundations

🟡 Yellow

Contract agent (validation, safety) Affine/linear type tracking

🟢 Green

Config agent (schema, hygiene) Structured AST

🔵 Blue

Audit agent (trace, log, narrate) Checkpoint/rollback system

🟣 Indigo

Comptime agent (metaprogramming) Compile-time evaluation (planned)

🟤 Violet

Governance agent (policy, mode) Mode declaration system

🎻 The conductor octopus orchestrates this ensemble—each agent playing its part in harmony, from ledger scrolls to circuit boards.

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

sudo apt-get install ocaml

sudo dnf install ocaml

brew install ocaml

sudo pacman -S ocaml

Building from Source

git clone https://gitlab.com/your-org/my-lang # Use your GitLab URL cd my-lang ./scripts/build.sh # Builds all dialects

Quick Start (Solo Mode)

cd solo-dialect ./build.sh ./solo # Run the compiler

🚀 Language Examples

Hello World (Solo)

fn main() { let msg = "Hello, My!"; println(msg); return 0; }

Affine Types - Resource Management

fn transfer(affine token: Token) → Result { checkpoint save_state { let result = process(move token); // Must move, can’t copy if !result.is_ok() { rollback save_state; // Partial reversibility } return result; } }

Cut Operator - Parser Commitment

fn parse_expression(input: String) → Expr { match input { "(" ⇒ { let expr = parse_nested(); ! // Cut - no backtracking after this expect(")"); return expr; }, _ ⇒ parse_simple() } }

Linear Types - Guaranteed Consumption

fn process_data(linear data: SecureData) { let encrypted = encrypt(move data); // data consumed send_to_server(move encrypted); // encrypted consumed // Compile error if data not consumed! }

Reversible Computation

fn distributed_compute() { reverse { let step1 = expensive_operation(); let step2 = transform(step1); if !valid(step2) { // Automatically reverses to start } return step2; } }

🏗️ Architecture

my-lang/ ├── README.md # This file ├── LICENSE # Your license ├── scripts/ │ └── build.sh # Master build script ├── solo-dialect/ # Human-first mode ✅ │ ├── solo_compiler.ml # Complete OCaml implementation │ ├── README.md # Solo-specific docs │ ├── build.sh # Solo build script │ └── examples/ ├── duet-dialect/ # AI-balanced mode 🚧 │ └── README.md # Design specification └── ensemble-dialect/ # AI-first mode 📋 └── README.md # Vision document

🧪 Testing

cd solo-dialect ./solo # Runs built-in test suite

echo 'fn main() { return 42; }' > test.my ./solo test.my

📚 Documentation

Solo Dialect Guide - Complete guide to the implemented features

Language Specification - Formal language specification (coming soon)

Affine Types Tutorial - Learn resource management (coming soon)

Reversibility Patterns - Checkpoint/rollback patterns (coming soon)

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions that align with My’s philosophy of progressive complexity and human-AI collaboration.

Fork the repository Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature') Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature) Open a Pull Request

Development Principles

Simplicity First - Start simple, grow complex only when needed

Safety by Default - Affine/linear types prevent resource bugs

Reversibility - Support undo/redo at the language level

Progressive Disclosure - Advanced features are opt-in

Narratable Code - Code should tell a story

📈 Roadmap

✅ Phase 1: Solo Mode (Complete)

🚧 Phase 2: Duo Mode (Q1 2025)

📋 Phase 3: Ensemble Mode (Q2 2025)

🔒 Security

My takes security seriously with:

Memory safety through affine/linear types No undefined behavior by design Capability-based security model Auditable compilation process

Report security vulnerabilities to: security@my-lang.org

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

The Rust community for proving memory safety matters The OCaml community for the implementation language Prolog for inspiring the cut operator The reversible computing research community

💬 Community

Discord: discord.gg/my-lang

Forum: forum.my-lang.org

Twitter: @MyLangOfficial

"A language that grows with you, from solo craftsmanship to ensemble orchestration." 🌱🎻