Ufupolg programming language

This is kind of an esoteric programming language. The goal is to be as ugly as possible.

There is no god

Simple stuff

Expressions

Expressions are a very simle concept. In a nested set of expressions, the innermost are evaluated before the outermost, eventually working its way out to the final value of the expression.

pr[2 + [3 - [6 - 2]]]
1

Comments

Comments are one of the most useful features in a programming language. They should be used to add information to a program's source code in a way that a person could open the code and know what's going on, but also not give so much information to the point of redundancy.

=+ This is a comment, and they are between these symbols. +=

Text literals

A way to represent text is an integral part of any usable programming language. The art of text manipulation is one of the most interesting brain teasers ever created. see regexes.
&This a string, encapsulated between ampersands.&

Variables

Data manipulation is the most important function in computing, so it should go without saying that a way to represent changeable data is ingegral.

"variable" : 3

"text" : &Hello, world!&

Control flow

Control flow is another important feature in programming, but some are greater than others. goto is an abomination, for is a godsend. There are several different ways to implement control flow:

Functions

"say hello to everyone" :=: :
    pr[&Hello, world!&]
    pr[&This is an examle function.&]
|

"function" :=: "arg1" "arg2" :
    re["arg1" + "arg2"]
|

"result" : "function" . 2 3

The syntax of a funtion is as follows:

"function name (spaces allowed)" :=: "arguments" :
    body
| =+ end funtion +=

If

"f" :=: pr[&one and two are equal&] |
"z" :=: pr[&one and two are not equal&] |
"one" : 1
"two" : 1
{[["one"]=["two"]]["f"]["z"]}

The syntax of an if statement is like so in pseudocode:

{[if this expression is true][do this][optional: otherwise, do this]}

This allows for blocks to be put inside the do part.

Loops:

3_[pr[&Three times&]]

"bool" : true
"count" : 0
"bool"_{["bool"][
    "count" : "count" + 1
    pr["count" + &times&]
    {[["count"]=[10]][
        "bool" : false
    ]}
]}

If you aren't giggling right now, you have something wrong with you.

zphixon/test.mkd