ReferenceRoadmap Status

Roadmap Status

Current implementation status of JOEL features across all phases.

Phase 1: Core Language ✅

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Lexer✅ CompleteGrammar
Parser✅ CompleteGrammar
VM/Interpreter✅ CompleteCLI
Basic Syntax✅ CompleteSyntax Overview
Built-in Functions✅ CompleteBuiltins
CLI Tool✅ CompleteCLI
Documentation✅ CompleteDocs

Phase 2: Compilation & Types ✅

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Type System✅ CompleteType System Guide
Static Type Checking✅ CompleteType System Guide
Type Inference✅ CompleteData Types
Ownership System✅ CompleteOwnership Guide
Error Diagnostics✅ CompleteError Handling
LLVM Backend Infrastructure✅ CompleteCLI
WASM Backend Infrastructure✅ CompleteCLI
Standard Library Core✅ CompleteStandard Library

Phase 3: Specialized Targets ✅

FeatureStatusDocumentation
LLVM IR Generation✅ CompleteCLI
WASM Binary Generation✅ CompleteCLI
EVM Bytecode Generation✅ CompleteCLI
Solana BPF Generation✅ CompleteCLI
Cosmos SDK Target✅ CompleteCLI
Polkadot/Substrate Target✅ CompleteCLI
iOS Target✅ CompleteCLI
Android Target✅ CompleteCLI
Optimization Support✅ CompleteCLI
Dead Code Elimination✅ CompleteCLI
Constant Folding✅ CompleteCLI
Inlining Hints✅ CompleteCLI
Debug Symbols✅ CompleteCLI
Source Maps (WASM)✅ CompleteCLI
Cross-compilation✅ CompleteCLI
Link-time Optimization (LTO)📋 Planned-
Full DWARF Support📋 Planned-

Phase 4: Advanced Features

FeatureStatusDocumentation
UI Compiler (joelui)📋 Plannedjoelui Guide
Container Ops (joelctl)📋 Plannedjoelctl Guide
Flow Runtime (flow)📋 Plannedflow Guide
Actor System📋 Planned-
Async/Await📋 Planned-

Phase 5: Ecosystem

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Package Manager (joelpkg)📋 Plannedjoelpkg Guide
LSP Server📋 Planned-
IDE Plugins📋 Planned-
Debugger📋 Planned-
Testing Framework📋 Planned-

Phase 6: Database Programming

FeatureStatusDocumentation
SQL Datatype📋 PlannedSQL Guide
Embedded SQL Engine📋 PlannedSQL Guide
Type-Safe SQL📋 PlannedSQL Guide
Database Connectivity📋 PlannedSQL Guide
SQL Toolchain (joelsql)📋 Plannedjoelsql Guide

Phase 7: Quantum Programming

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Quantum Circuit Compilation📋 Plannedjoelquantum Guide
Quantum Backends📋 Plannedjoelquantum Guide
Hybrid Algorithms📋 Plannedjoelquantum Guide

Phase 8: Performance & Optimization

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Compiler Optimizations📋 Planned-
JIT Compilation📋 Planned-
SIMD Support📋 Planned-
GPU Acceleration📋 Planned-
Performance Profiling (joelperf)📋 Plannedjoelperf Guide

Phase 9: Security & Safety

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Static Analysis📋 Planned-
Sandboxing📋 Planned-
Capability System📋 Planned-
Cryptographic Primitives📋 Planned-
Security Analysis (joelsec)📋 Plannedjoelsec Guide

Phase 10: Interoperability

FeatureStatusDocumentation
C FFI📋 Planned-
Rust FFI📋 Planned-
Python Interop📋 Planned-
JavaScript Interop📋 Planned-
FFI Toolchain (joelffi)📋 Plannedjoelffi Guide

Phase 11: Distributed Systems

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Distributed Actors📋 Planned-
Consensus Algorithms📋 Planned-
Distributed Storage📋 Planned-
Service Mesh📋 Planned-
Decentralized Storage (dstore)📋 Planneddstore Guide

Phase 12: AI/ML Integration

FeatureStatusDocumentation
AI/ML Module (ai)📋 Plannedai Guide
Model Formats📋 Planned-
GPU Acceleration📋 Planned-
LLM Integration📋 Planned-

Phase 13: Real-time & Streaming

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Event Streams📋 Planned-
Time-series Processing📋 Planned-
Complex Event Processing📋 Planned-
WebSocket Support📋 Planned-
Message Queues📋 Planned-
Streaming Toolchain (joelstream)📋 Plannedjoelstream Guide

Phase 14: Quantum Programming (Qubit-Level)

FeatureStatusDocumentation
Qubit Datatype📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Quantum Gates📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Quantum Circuits📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Quantum Measurement📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Quantum Algorithms📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Error Correction📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Quantum Simulation📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Hardware Integration📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide
Hybrid Programming📋 PlannedQuantum Qubit Guide

Legend

  • ✅ Complete - Feature is implemented and documented
  • 🚧 In Progress - Feature is being actively developed
  • 📋 Planned - Feature is planned for future development

Contributing

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