# Symta -- Windows distribution

Milestone snapshot from commit `aacab2c` (2026-05-23).

## Quick start

Open a command prompt in this directory:

```cmd
cd symta
symta.exe -f examples\00-hello.s
```

`symta.exe` was built with w64devkit (mingw-w64 gcc 15+), x86_64.
It runs on Windows 10+.  No installer, no registry changes, no DLLs
to register -- the executable plus the bundled SDL2/etc. DLLs in
`symta\sdl\` are all that's needed.

To rebuild from source you need w64devkit
(https://github.com/skeeto/w64devkit) on PATH, then:

```cmd
cd symta
make -f Makefile.w64 clean && make -f Makefile.w64
```

## Layout

- `symta\symta.exe` -- the runtime binary
- `symta\sdl\*.dll` -- SDL2 + dependencies (auto-staged when needed)
- `symta\src\`     -- the compiler in Symta itself
- `symta\sbc\`     -- pre-compiled SBC bootstrap
- `symta\runtime\` -- C runtime + JIT + FFI
- `symta\examples\` -- 40+ runnable example programs
- `symta\tests\`    -- test suites
- `symta\Makefile.w64` -- the Windows build recipe

## License

Apache 2.0 / MIT dual.  See `symta\LICENSE`.

## Where to find the next release

https://symta.aermia.com
