உயிர்மெய்
[Uyirmei: The soul and body elements of the tamil language]
Experimental programming language in Tamizh
Why
This is an experimental side project to validate if a new language grammar can be supported with just ruby metaprogramming constructs. I have used all tricks and ruby hacks to check if a new language parser can be supported using a ruby executable. Consider this a starting point for programming language enthusiast to try to extend programming to other natural languages :)
Show me the code
Let us look at sample programs before introducing the limited language constructs formally..
- Determine if a number is odd or not
- Generate prime numbers upto n
Had to add screenshots since the language grammar is not supported by github. You can check out the code in the examples directory
Language constructs
| In Uyirmei | Equivalent keyword | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| சாற்று | let | Define a variable |
| வினை | function | Define a method/routine |
| எனில் | if | execute block if evaluates to true |
| இல்லைஎனில் | unless | execute block if evaluates to false |
| மீண்டும் | loop | execute given block till break |
| நிறுத்து | break | break out of loop if condition passes |
| அச்சு | print with a newline | |
| மெய் | true | |
| பொய் | false |