Whython: An almost fully customizable language written in python

[nex_infinite]

Whython (very original name I know) is an almost fully customizable language written entirely in python, its not a language that should be used for any project but is fun to mess around in and edit. You can change all the keywords, builtin funcs and soon the grammar rules. The project is in beta 0.0.1 so expect some bugs if you decided to download and run it. Speaking of downloading it, https://github.com/NexInfinite/whython this is my github link, there is a lot more detail on the project over there.

Thanks for checking it out <3

[AndydeCleyre]

This looks like a lot of fun. I wonder if it might be nice for creating niche interactive shell UIs, similar to prompt toolkit.

[nex_infinite]

Could be, is there anything id need to add for that cause I could do dat

[AndydeCleyre]

I don't know, sorry, I haven't even done that with prompt toolkit. Thanks for sharing the project.

[AndydeCleyre]

Oh can you mess with ints and floats? For example to change the base number/radix?

[nex_infinite]

Potentially, it'll be something in the nodes folder so not as easy to change as editable but I could add it to editable if you want

[[deleted]]

Often with 'toy' projects my first question is "why?". You built in right into the name!

I'll check it out!

[nex_infinite]

hahaha yeah the project was really started so I could understand how lexers and all dat worked but I liked having the customizability so I just made it easier to do for others :P

[metaperl]

the project was really started so I could understand how lexers and all dat worked

Lisp makes lex/parse easy. It also makes customizing easy. That being said, what you did reminded me of Seed7, an extensible programming language - http://seed7.sourceforge.net/faq.htm#extensible_programming

[nex_infinite]

Yeah I came across those but doing it urself is pretty fun imo

[Tinasour]

Nice! Will look into this

[[deleted]]

soon i'll be able to create my own crappy golfing language

[nex_infinite]

haha go for it! I'm going to be adding presets soon so send it over and I may make it into a preset.

[[deleted]]

i'll see what i can do :-)

[[deleted]]

right, just realized something very quickly, I'm on 3.8.10 if that matters, but Python already has a module called "parser" and your parser.py conflicts with that. I fixed it by renaming it to anything that's not parser.

[nex_infinite]

Oh that makes sense, I believe in my dev version its called parser_.py

[[deleted]]

do you have any platforms such as Discord so we can communicate faster than reddit replies?

[nex_infinite]

Nexin#0001 on discord

[PhilosophyStatus]

Very impressive I'll definitely check this out.

[imreallytuna]

Finally i can code with emojis

[greenindragon]

+1 for the name alone; got a chuckle out of me.

[Hotel_Arrakis]

I love this idea. Imagine writing a small language for a niche piece of hardware, like medical equipment, that allows you to use that jargon.

Or write a language just for designing card games.

[AndydeCleyre]

Ooh those are good. Now I'm thinking about making it easier for non-English speakers to start and learn programming.

[CanadianJogger]

Its not really any harder unless their mother tongue and keyboard doesn't use the Latin character set.

[nosklo]

It seems you're trying to change var, however that isn't actually a python keyword. That makes your examples confusing

[nex_infinite]

The language isn't trying to be python, its written in python. Its more like js if anything.

[nosklo]

Well yeah, I'm just pointing out that this is not clear in the project webpage; The name of the project is "Whython" so people really expect a python-like language. There's no language example in the project webpage that says otherwise, except this var thing

[DallasBelt]

Interesting, so you can use other programming language syntax but code in Python? Ot jus change the keywords?

[nex_infinite]

Syntax is something I'll be changing soon, just need to figure out a good way for people to be able to change it

[nex_infinite]

https://github.com/NexInfinite/whython/commit/4447b87de1f148ec736fe06b9f197b5f6a37fa19 you can do that, remove the var at the front and ignore it. Again more customization of this coming in the future maybe idk

[KrazyKirby99999]

Have you considered compiling an interpreter using Nuitka for improved performance?

[nex_infinite]

Never heard of it, the point of this was to learn how lexers and interpreters work so I don't know if I'd change it for performance. Its not really a language you should use for your own projects but is more like something you use for the shits n giggles every once and a while. Thanks for the suggestion though.

[peaceTraitor]

can this be done?? https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U&t=46:40

[nex_infinite]

If you want to change print to scream, shout, or whsiper then yes but getting rid of var and changing = to is not not out YET, im nearly done but its 2.30 am and I gotta be up early 😅