uyirmei

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..

1. Determine if a number is odd or not

1. 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	print with a newline
மெய்	true
பொய்	false