Re: Computer Language Question

On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:20:42 -0600 Peter Clark <peter-clark@...>
writes:
> On Sunday 24 November 2002 08:06 pm, David Peterson wrote:
> > GSI friend of mine asked me this the other day, and I didn't know
> the
> > answer, so I thought I'd ask you all: Has anyone here, or have you
> ever
> > heard of anyone who has, created a computer language whose base
> was a
> > language other than English?   E.g., what would C++ look like if
> it were
> > written by people who spoke Basque?   Would there be differences?
>  Any
> > info related to that I'd be much appreciative to hear about.   :)
>
>         Even better: how about a computer language in a conlang? For
> all true-blooded
> code warriors, there's Var'aq, the Klingon programming language.
> (http://www.geocities.com/connorbd/varaq/)
i have a computer language based on kontoko that i'm working on, but it's
mostly in the design stages right now.  i was going to wait till i had a
working compiler or something and then mention it on this list, but since
someone brought up the subject...

a short example:
kanttatek6tukarematkat
kola5hellokolett2hi
kolett2hikritte
kanttatek6tukaresamatte

this program would print the word "hello" on the screen.  here's how it
breaks down:
kanttatek - used to name a function (in this case, _tukare_ 'main', which
is required in every program)
6 - the length of the name _tukare_
tukare - 'main'
matkat - indicates the start of the function
kola - string data follows
5 - length of the string data
hello - the string data
kolett - name of a string variable follows
2 - length of the variable name
hi - the name of the variable
kritte - literally 'write' (imperative), prints data to screen
samatte - indicates the end of the funtion

just wait till i have some time to make a kontoko OS (which will probably
make the least user-friendly OS you can think of seem very
user-friendly...)

>         :Peter
Robert Wilson (aka Elentirno Perellar aka Kuvazokad)
http://kuvazokad.free.fr/
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