TinyPanda

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A minimalist, small, interpreted programming language written entirely in Go. Designed to run natively as a lightweight CLI tool and seamlessly in the browser via WebAssembly.

Features

• Fast execution — leverages Go's runtime to execute interpreted scripts efficiently.
• Lightweight & self-contained — distributed as a single compiled binary for the CLI. No heavy dependencies or virtual machines required..
• No complex setup — no environment configs to fight with. Download the executable or run it online to start coding instantly.
• Simple & fun syntax — a readable syntax with keywords like bamboo, iff/otherwise, and functions like echo/echoln.

CLI Commands

• tinypanda — Run the interactive TinyPanda REPL.
• tinypanda run <file.tp> — Execute a script natively on your system.
• tinypanda --lexer — Run the TinyPanda REPL in lexer mode.
• tinypanda --parser — Run the TinyPanda REPL in parser mode.
• tinypanda --help — Display usage instructions, options, and available flags.
• tinypanda --version — Print the current version of the TinyPanda interpreter.

Quick Start

1. Try it in the browser

No installation required. Head over to the web-based playground powered by WebAssembly:

Launch the tinypanda Playground

2. Installation (CLI)

Download the latest binary for your OS from the Releases page or download latest binary.

3. First program

Create a file named main.tp:

bamboo name = "TinyPanda";

echoln(name + " is fun!!!");

bamboo sayhello = fn(x) {
    echoln("Hello ", x);
    return "This is cool!!";
};

bamboo msg = sayhello(name);
echoln(msg);

Run it via the CLI:

tinypanda run main.tp

Documentation

For the complete reference manual and language specification, see the tinypanda documentation.

License

Released under the MIT License.