Tula Language

Tula is a custom programming language created initially as a time-kill personal project.

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Development Environment

Tula is a project written in C99, built with CMake.

The IDE used to interact with the codebase is [CLion](https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/).

System Setup

Windows

• JetBrains CLion 2026.1
• Build Tools for Visual Studio 2026
• CMake 4.2 (This comes standard with CLion)
  • Alternatively, you may download and install CMake and add the binaries to your PATH variable.

Linux

• JetBrains CLion 2026.1
• CMake 4.2
  • Debian / Ubuntu: sudo apt install build-essential cmake ninja-build
  • Fedora / RHEL: sudo apt install cmake ninja-build
  • Arch: sudo pacman -S gcc cmake ninja

CLion setup

Windows

1. Open CLion and load the repository root as a project.
2. Go to Settings → Build, Execution, Deployment → Toolchains.
3. Click + and select Visual Studio.
4. Set Architecture to amd64. Leave all other fields on auto-detect — CLion will find the VS 2022 installation automatically.
5. Go to Settings → Build, Execution, Deployment → CMake.
6. Ensure the Toolchain for your Debug profile is set to the Visual Studio entry you just created.
7. Click OK, then File → Reload CMake Project.

You should see Toolchain: MSVC (Windows) in the CMake output. If you see FATAL_ERROR: Unsupported compiler, the toolchain is still set to the bundled MinGW — go back to step 3.

Linux

1. Open the repository root as a project.
2. CLion will detect the system GCC automatically.
3. Confirm Settings → Build, Execution, Deployment → Toolchains shows the system GCC (usually /usr/bin/gcc).
4. File → Reload CMake Project.

You should see Toolchain: GCC (Linux) in the CMake output.