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What is baba-lang?

baba-lang is a programming language created with Python (with a bytecode interpreter planned to be written in Rust). Right now, it’s still incomplete, but has supported most control flow operators, closures, modules and easy Python integration via py_* functions. It is currently in version 0.5.1-testing.

baba-lang is written for educational purposes only, and is not production-ready.

How to install and use baba-lang

Installing and running baba-lang is simple:

1. Prerequisites: Python 3 (At least 3.12 can be sure to work), Lark (see requirements.txt).
2. Either:
   • Download the latest point release on GitHub (recommended, as it is stable)
   • Clone the repository

     git clone https://github.com/dangduomg/baba-lang.git
     

3. Set working directory to the project root.

   cd baba-lang
   

4. (Optionally) Create and activate a virtual environment.

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   

5. Install requirements.

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

6. Run src/main.py without arguments to open an interactive prompt. To run a source file, enter src/main.py <file>. Source files are of extension .bl. Run src/main.py -h for further help.

baba-lang reference and tutorial

1. Hello world
2. Operators
3. Types
4. Functions
5. Scoping
6. Syntax