programming language in Igbo
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Introduction
Igbo is an indigenous language popularly spoken in Nigeria, Ibolang is a full extension of the Igbo language in Python. With Ibolang, you can write and run python like programs in Igbo
Ibolang acts like python 3 and plays like python 3, it maintains all the python syntax and methods. user could use it to learn programming in their native language.
Example
ibolang is highly user friendly, the following is a simple “HelloWorld” program
deputa(“Uwa Aloo”)
running this, will diplay
Uwa Aloo
to console, which translated to English is “Hello World”
you can code more complex code by installing ibolang to your PC:
To run programs is as simple as:
$ ibolang filename.ibl
from your preferred shell or command line
you can go through the dictionary on: * https://github.com/ORC-1/ibolang/blob/master/dictionary.txt
to get an exhaustive list of all currently available commands and there English translation
Install
If you’d like to play Ibolang with full features included, you should install Ibolang.
You could use pip or easy_install command to install Ibolang:
$ pip install Ibolang
or
$ easy_install -U Ibolang
to use easy_install command, you should install distribute module for python 3 first:
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute/
And check your system path params if it contains python3.x/bin path.
ex: edit .bashrc to include “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.x/bin” in your PATH parameter.
For sytem running multiple version of python, you are better of using a virtual enviroment with Ibolang:
$ conda create -n Ibolang python==3.XX
or using Virtualenv
$ virtualenv ibolang python==3.XX
Lastly you can clone the repo using this url https://github.com/ORC-1/ibolang.git : navigate to the folder path and run python setup.py Copy the source files into your script folder, you should highly consider using a virtual enviroment if you are using this option and the previous options are better off
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