README.md

zsp

This is the code for a toy language I built because I was bored.

The documentation for the language and guide is on the wiki, here is just a basic summary of the language and it's features

ZSP stands for "ZSP is Superior to Python", because I wanted one of those fancy recursive acryonyms and I couldn't come up with a better name

getting started

You can download the interpreter and use all the features, or if you just want to play around, there's a web interpreter available

If you decide to use the native interpreter, it will create a .zsp folder in your home directory where libraries will be loaded upon first run. If you want to use a library such as the fs or dlopen libraries, you will need to put the shared object there.

features

supported:
dynamic typing
functions
variables
loading shared object libraries
objects
arrays
for loops

to be implemented:
closures
dlopen function
if else

syntax

The syntax I ended up choosing is a mix of c and python, with some ideas stolen from various languages, mostly rust

for an example, here's fizzbuzz in zsp

mod a b{
    r = a
    loop{
        r = r - b
        if r < b{
            return r
        }
    }
}
for counter 0 counter < 100 counter = counter + 1{
    by3 = (mod counter 3) == 0
    by5 = (mod counter 5) == 0

    if by3 && by5 {
        put "FizzBuzz"
    }else{
        if by3 && (by5 == false){
            put "Fizz"
        }
        if by5 && (by3 == false){
            put "Buzz"
        }
        if (by5 == false) && (by3 == false){
            put counter
        }
    }
}

more information about the specifics are on the wiki