sanskrit

Write programs in the fastest language, as confirmed by NASA.

Installation

pip install sanskrit

Now put a # coding: sanskrit comment above your code to start programming in sanskrit!

Usage

There's two ways to use sanskrit:

As a REPL

Simply type sanskrit and it will bring up the sanskrit REPL:

$ sanskrit
संस्कृत प्रोग्रामिंग 3.11.5 (main, Aug 24 2023, 15:09:45) [Clang 14.0.3 (clang-1403.0.22.14.1)]
>>> x = 42
>>> दर्शयतु(x)   # print(x)
42

In a project

• Simple for loop:

  # coding: sanskrit
  सर्वेषां आई अन्तः सीमा(5):   # for i in range(5):
      दर्शयतु(आई)          #     print(i)

  Output:

  $ python example.sanskrit
  0
  1
  2
  3
  4

• import this:

  # -*- coding: sanskrit -*-
  आयातम् इदम्‌

  Output:

  $ python example.sanskrit
  The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
  
  Beautiful is better than ugly.
  Explicit is better than implicit.
  ...