Bazinga!

A programming language based on 'The Big Bang Theory' show!

Description

Bazinga! is a multi-paradigm, dynamically-typed language based on 'The Big Bang Theory' show. The language is turing-complete but is far from being a complete and usable language, I just hope its enough to humiliate my teacher! xD

Motivation

Humiliate my teacher at a coding competition 😁

Technical Details

Native Types

• Boolean
• String
• Number

Syntax

Variables

spot variableAreNamedInCamelCase = 0;

Conditionals

if (2 == 2) {
  eureka "xD";
}

Loops

while (true) {
  eureka "I will be here forever";
}

for (spot i = 0; i < 5; i = i + 1) {
  eureka "I will actually never be executed because of the loop above";
}

Functions

fun sayHello(a, b) {
  spot result = a + b;

  bazinga result;
}

Note, that instead of return we have bazinga :D

Classes

class Animal {

  init(name, age) {
    this.name = name;
    this.age = age;
  }

  talk() {
    eureka "I'm an animal";
  }
}

class Dog < Animal {

  init(name, age, breed) {
    super.init(name, age);
    this.breed = breed;
  }

  talk() {
    super.talk();
    eureka "I'm from " + breed " breed.";
  }

}

spot dog = Dog("Filipe", 16, "Teenager");
dog.talk();

Changed keywords

Some popular keywords were changed to resemble the famous show.

• print -> eureka
• return -> bazinga
• var -> spot

If you have ideas for changing some other keywords, all you have to do is edit the Scanner.java file :D

Native Functions

• print (this is the only function that does not have paranthesis)
• Array(size) (this as the additional .get(index) and .set(index, value) methods)
• Number(value)
• floor(value)
• split(array)
• String(value)
• readFile(path)
• type(value)

Usage

There are two ways in which you can run Bazinga!, either by running the prompt or a file. To run the prompt just execute:

java Bazinga.java

And to execute a file:

java Bazinga.java [file_name.baz]

P.S. I plan in developing a more concise way of running Bazinga!, but for now it is not my priority. If you're having trouble executing the a file you can always try to hardcode the file name inside main() in Bazinga.java and executing the file through your IDE.

Credits

This programming language would probably not exist if it was not for the incredible book, Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom. The book is very well-structured and I would totally recommend it for anyone interested in building an interpreter. There is a paid physical copy of the book or a totally free web option, which you can find here.