README.md

Welcome to Benglang!

Benglang is a fun little programming language that I created which allows me to code in my native tongue, Bengali.

It is an interpreted, dynamically-typed, functional language that you can use to solve mathematical problems and create your own command-line projects.

Get Started

1. Download the source files however you wish.
2. Create your code file in the directory of the source files.
3. To use Benglang for running your code, use the following command:

   ./runfile <filename.txt>
   

   where filename is the name of your code file.

Features of Benglang

Printing stuff:

To print something, simply use the lekho keyword, as shown:

print "Hello World";

Declaring variables:

The dhoro keyword is used to define a variable. Benglang supports numbers, strings and booleans. It is a dynamically typed language, so you do not need to specify the type of the data during variable declaration.

dhoro a = 1;
dhoro c = false;
dhoro name = "Reeju"

Conditional Execution

Conditional statements use the keywords jodi and nahole, as follows:

dhoro a = 5;

jodi (a > 0) {
    bolo "Hello!";
}

Repeated Execution

Loops are an essential part of any language. Benglang has support for two types of loops, analogous to for and while loops.

"while" loops can be simulated with the jotokhon keyword:

dhoro a = 5;

jotokhon(a >= 0) {
    print "loop cholche";
    a = a - 1;
}

Similary, for "for" loops, use the jokhon keyword:

jokhon(dhoro i=0; i<10; i++) {
    print "loop cholche";
}