"Ground" is a compiled programming language for Windows which allows x86-64 assembly language to be added anywhere in the code.
Mixing Ground- and assembly code is possible by using the generated symbolic constants for each local Ground variable.
Ground uses FASM to assemble it's output. The compiler is written in C# (net8.0).

https://github.com/ReneOlsthoorn/Ground

The strength of Ground is the ability to replace a Ground statement with x86-64. So for example we have the following code in the mode7.g example:

for (int x = 0; x < g.GC_Screen_DimX; x++) {
float fSampleWidth = x / float_ScreenDIMx;
float fSampleX = fStartX + ((fEndX - fStartX) * fSampleWidth);
...

We can replace a statement with x86-64:

for (int x = 0; x < g.GC_Screen_DimX; x++) {
float fSampleWidth = x / float_ScreenDIMx;

//float fSampleX = fStartX + ((fEndX - fStartX) * fSampleWidth);
float fSampleX;
asm {
movq xmm2, [fStartX@main]
movq xmm1, [fEndX@main]
subsd xmm1, xmm2
movq xmm0, [fSampleWidth@main]
mulsd xmm0, xmm1
addsd xmm0, xmm2
movq [fSampleX@main], xmm0
}
...

See the github project page for some nice screengrabs of examples like a plasma smoothscroller, a Mode7 example, Starfield example, Physics engine example and Fire example.

Ground has language constructs like Classes, Groups, Expressions, Statements, Functions, Strings, Floats. It has a reference count system, so garbage collection is automatic. This makes string concatenation easier.

At this moment, Ground is still in alpha phase, so bugs and changes are plenty. Do not use the language if you look for a stable programming language. However, if you are interested in compiler design, take a look.

In addition, Ground can generate comments for the xdbg debugger. This enables you to view the generated FASM assembly code while you are debugging.

As a last remark, I would like to thank Thomasz for creating the FASM assembler, all the samples and online documentation. Examples like the prahorda example is really useful as an example.

https://github.com/ReneOlsthoorn/Ground

Best regards from the Netherlands,
Rene Olsthoorn.