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> (My first post to this list!)
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> A few weeks ago, I started on a naming language for some fiction and
> decided I needed a bit of automation in generating syllables and words.
> As is usual, I got absorbed in the technology and now have a full blown
> compiler and the start of a development environment!
>
> The syntax I'm using can be seen at
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http://jebbo.home.texas.net/syntax.htm
> Any comments on this gratefully accepted . . .
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> As for the state of things, the tool can:
> - define which characters from the IPA are in the alphabet
> - assign an ascii representation to each (primitive as of now!)
> - generate syllables / words from rules as described in the link
> - generate text from rules as described in the link
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> Limitations:
> - no named variables yet, only $1 through $n (scope within a
> rule/rewrite)
> - no lexicon yet, so generated word need writing down by hand :-(
> - no syntax highlighting editor yet
> - no wizards for automating the initial stages, though I've almost
> finished
> one for generating number-systems
> - the parser isn't very robust yet
> - sound changes don't work yet
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> Anyway, in another few weeks, I'll post a binary but for now I'm just
> after comments on the syntax.
>
> --- Tony Jebson
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