Tharunpp 🎬

A programming language powered by Tamil cinema comedy dialogues.

Installation

pip install tharunpp

Requires Python >= 3.8.1

Usage

tharunpp run-file program.tpp    # run a program
tharunpp shell                   # interactive REPL
tharunpp tokenize program.tpp    # show tokens
tharunpp version                 # show version

Program Structure

Every program must start with VANAKKAM DA MAPLA and end with NANDRI VANNAKAM.

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    SOLLU "Vanakkam da mapla!" ;

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Keyword Reference

Program

Variables & Values

Output & Input

Operators

Control Flow

Functions

Error Handling

Lists

Other

Examples

Hello World

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    SOLLU "Vanakkam da mapla!" ;

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Variables and Arithmetic

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    VAA x = 10 ;
    VAA y = 3 ;
    SOLLU x + y ;
    SOLLU x * y ;
    SOLLU x - y ;

NANDRI VANNAKAM

If / Else if / Else

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    VAA score = 85 ;

    ADHAVUDHU score >= 90 :
        SOLLU "Grade A da!" ;
    ILLA ADHAVUDHU score >= 80 :
        SOLLU "Grade B da!" ;
    ILLA ADHAVUDHU score >= 70 :
        SOLLU "Grade C da!" ;
    ILLAATI :
        SOLLU "Fail aagitanga da..." ;
    DA

NANDRI VANNAKAM

While Loop

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    VAA i = 0 ;
    TICKTOCK TICKTOCK i < 5 :
        SOLLU i ;
        VAA i = i + 1 ;
    DA

NANDRI VANNAKAM

For Loop

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    FIRST_LA i IRUNDHU 0 VARAI 5 :
        SOLLU i ;
    DA

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Functions

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    ENDRA SHANMUGHAM add(a, b) :
        INDHAA LEY PATHUKO a + b ;
    VELI JOWW

    VAA result = VAA MA MINNAL add(10, 20) ;
    SOLLU result ;

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Error Handling

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    PAAKALAM :
        AIYAYO "something went wrong da!" ;
    PUDRA IVANA err :
        SOLLU err ;
    DA

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Lists

VANAKKAM DA MAPLA

    VAA nums = PATTI POTTU [1, 2, 3] ;
    ULLAYE POD nums 4 ;
    SOLLU YEVLO IRUKU nums ;
    VAA first = EDUTHU KO nums [0] ;
    SOLLU first ;

NANDRI VANNAKAM

Error Messages

Tharunpp gives Tamil-flavoured error messages:

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

Made with ❤️ in Tamil Nadu 🎬