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====== TAV-PL ======

In the last decade, I have specified and implemented an unusual programming language that fits my personal taste.

**I am currently revising the language in order to publish the source code, so some details will change.**

The source code is now online: [[http://tavpl.de]].

There is a [[http://rclab.de/TAV-Online/TAVPL-Tutorial.html|Tutorial]] (also as {{:tavpl:tavpl-tutorial.pdf|PDF}})  and a [[http://rclab.de/TAV-Online/TAVPL.html| Language Description]] (also as {{:tavpl:tavpl.pdf|PDF}}), 
plus a simple [[http://rclab.de/TAV-Online/|TAV-PL playground]] to test small programs online (including more elaborate examples not in the tutorial).

TAV-PL is a precompiler for the C programming language, thus it is fairly easy to port the compiler — written in TAV-PL — to most computers.

The differences and highlights are:

   * C precompiler, should work on any system with a reasonable C compiler
   * Block structuring by indentation, like in //Python//; line oriented
   * No keywords in the core language, only symbols and bigraphs
   * Variables are of any kind (type) dynamically; no declarations
   * Function definition and calls by word sequences with interspersed parameters, often no parenthesis needed
   * Maps (dictionaries) with all kinds of keys (except floating-point numbers)
   * Rows (arrays) if the keys are close integers, dynamically expanding
   * Arbitrary precision integer numbers 
   * Dynamic UTF strings
   * Fields for extra data in rows and maps
   * Attributes for information about an item (object)
   * Fault items for reliable error handling
   * Basic support for object-oriented programming (no inheritance)
   * Discretionary type system specified, but not yet tested

The source code for the compiler, runtime system and library are available as open source: [[http://tavpl.de]]

If you have comments or questions, write to [[info@tavpl.de]] or try a chat with **tavpl** via [[http://jami.net|JAMI]] or with //tav@glaschick.de// via XMPP.

en/tavpl/inhalt.txt · Last modified: 2025-07-12 21:09 by rainer

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