Tired of Old Man Python telling you what you can and can't say to your computer?

http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/

by mapleoin • 16 years ago

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jsharpe• 16 years ago

needs to be smart enough so you can write:

  print "hello world" or whatever

  n = 3 'n shit

pvg• 16 years ago

also missing a fo' shizzle conditional and possibly loop construct.

froo• 16 years ago

I'm wondering what happens when you mix various types... eg mixing a "fo' shizzle" with a "broheim" - would it return an error similar to trying to add a string to a int?

proemeth• 16 years ago

I expected an article on the limits of python syntax, but this is the description of some lolcode-style language.

jrockway• 16 years ago

O HAI. Any language that has the word "broseph" as a keyword is okay by me.

winter_blue• 16 years ago

Is he removing the 'Like, Python' keywords from the source and then passing it to the Python interpreter?

PostOnce• 16 years ago

Whoever downvoted you is retarded. Yours is a completely legitimate question to which I cannot give a certain answer, but I'd say it seems likely.

Semiapies• 16 years ago

I hate when people downvote decent questions.

vorador• 16 years ago

Yes, it just does that.

Luyt• 16 years ago

I miss the hicks, mullets and rednecks ;-)

thamer• 16 years ago

See also: Eubonicode http://www.public.iastate.edu/~crb002/prog.html

philh• 16 years ago

Strictly speaking, for Python to actually be a subset, it needs to recognise when a keyword is meaningful. Like:

    hey = "hello world"
    print hey

Can it do this? My assumption is not, because you'd get issues like

    so anyway just = "hello world"

but you could make an exception for when there's only one of them.

nuba• 16 years ago

This is just http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valspeak sugar. I guess I'll stick with Scratch and Logo for my kid.

jff• 16 years ago

% fortune -m "VALGOL"

IgorPartola• 16 years ago

		THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #14 -- VALGOL

		VALGOL is enjoying a dramatic surge of popularity across the
	industry.  VALGOL commands include REALLY, LIKE, WELL, and Y*KNOW.
	Variables are assigned with the =LIKE and =TOTALLY operators.  Other
	operators include the "California booleans", AX and NOWAY.  Loops are
	accomplished with the FOR SURE construct.  A simple example:

		LIKE, Y*KNOW(I MEAN)START
		IF PIZZA	=LIKE BITCHEN AND
		GUY		=LIKE TUBULAR AND
		VALLEY GIRL	=LIKE GRODY**MAX(FERSURE)**2
		THEN
			FOR I =LIKE 1 TO OH*MAYBE 100
				DO*WAH - (DITTY**2); BARF(I)=TOTALLY GROSS(OUT)
			SURE
		LIKE, BAG THIS PROGRAM; REALLY; LIKE TOTALLY(Y*KNOW); IM*SURE
		GOTO THE MALL

		VALGOL is also characterized by its unfriendly error messages.  For
	example, when the user makes a syntax error, the interpreter displays the
	message GAG ME WITH A SPOON!  A successful compile may be termed MAXIMALLY
	AWESOME!

Tired of Old Man Python telling you what you can and can't say to your computer?

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