This is the primary design document for The Ribbon Programming Language, a Tiny Bow project.

Contents

• The Road to Ribbon - The “Why” of Ribbon; a design manifesto
• Grammar - The base grammar for Ribbon’s metaprogramming language and the typed language’s extensions to it
• Foundational Concepts - The technical and theoretical pillars of the language
• Bytecode VM - Implementation walkthrough and ISA
• Influences - The languages and philosophies that inspired Ribbon
• Resources - A curated library and our project lineage
• Copyright - Licensing and legal information