rajiniPP

rajini++

rajini++ (rajiniPP) the programming language is a tribute to the one and only superstar and based on the iconic dialogues of Rajinikanth. This is a hobby project and is not meant to be used for serious software development.

Superstar Rajinikanth

• Who is Rajinikanth?
• Rajinikanth on Wikipedia.

Installation

• rajinipp requires python >= 3.8. Install python from here.

• Install the rajini++ interpreter using the following command: pip install rajinipp

• test installation: rajinipp version

Getting started

rajini++ is not a feature rich language and is not intended for serious use. It is rather a hobby project and a tribute to the one and only superstar.

Run programs

hello_world.rpp:

LAKSHMI START
DOT "Hello, World!";
MAGIZHCHI

• Run the hello_world.rpp program:

  rajinipp run examples/hello_world.rpp

will result in the following output:

Resources

• Learn the rajini++ language:
  • The rajini++ language documentation can be found at the rajiniPP Wiki.
  • Example programs can be found here: Example Programs.
• The rajini++ Language Spec: The rajini++ commands and its equivalent in python3 can be found at the rajiniPP Language Spec wiki.
• The rajinipp Interpreter Documentation: The documentation for the rajinipp interpreter can be found here.

Acknowledgements

• A lot of learnings from DIVSPL and its accompanying pycon talk.
• A lot of learnings from this pycon talk by Alex Gaynor.
• Workflows setup based on poetry_pypi_template.
• This project is inspired by the ArnoldC project.

Roadmap

rajini++ Features

• Math Ops
  • SUM
  • SUB
  • MUL
  • DIV
  • MOD
• Unary Ops
• print multiple objects with the same statement.
• variable declaration
• variable access
• variable manipulation
• bool data type
• float datatype
• logical ops
• if statement
• if-else statement
• for loop
• while loop
• functions
• functions with return
• functions with arguments
• Execute python code in rajini++ scripts

rajinipp package

• rajinipp python runner:
  • rajinipp.api.require: load rajini++ code into python program.
  • rajinipp.runner.RppRunner.exec: execute rajini++ programs in python loaded as string.
  • rajinipp.runner.RppRunner.eval:
    • eval rajini++ statement in python scripts [limited support].
    • support flow control statements.
    • eval function calls from loaded rajini++ code and return output.
• rajinipp shell to run rajini++ commands from the terminal.
  • limited support using rajinipp.runner.RppRunner.eval.
  • complete support to all rajini++ features.

General

• Add tests.
• semantic releases.