xulang 0.5.0

Xulang: a minimalist programming language with no rules to memorize. Dedicated to my dear little mouse.

xulang

xulang: an ultra-minimalist programming language with zero memorization of grammar required.

Introduction

Zhizhi is a lovely mouse-musume. Since she dislikes memorizing grammar rules, Miaomiao designed a programming language for her that requires almost no grammar memorization.

Install

pip install xulang

Usage

# xulang interactive CLI
python3 -m xulang

# run file
python3 -m xulang <filepath.xu>

# run file with include_path
python3 -m xulang -I <include_path>

# use --verbose to see matching process
python3 -m xulang --verbose

Lexical Units

Constants: Character strings consisting of letters, digits, and underscores, starting with a digit or uppercase letter. Examples: 123, ABX_1, T, etc.

Variables: Character strings consisting of letters, digits, and underscores, starting with a lowercase letter or underscore. Examples: a, _name, _var1.

List Matching: A string starting with an asterisk immediately followed by a variable name. Examples: *a, *_x, *v1.

Program Examples

See ./sample_code/*.xu on https://github.com/GGN-2015/py_xulang.

Standard Library

See ./xulang/include/Std/*.xu on https://github.com/GGN-2015/py_xulang. It's not necessary to use standard library since most of ther utilities can be easily mannually implemented, they just come as examples.