hmm, thanks for the link

yeah, I could implement that, that's a really good idea!  it would shorten long code sequences quite a bit (typing-them-in-wise)

hmm, maybe even something simpler, like cl or cls

It should be somewhat readable to beginners, don't forget.  What would you think, as a beginner, if you saw this:
pb cl Hello
{
pb st vd Main()
{
sys.h.out("hello world")
}
}

It should be somewhat readable to beginners, don't forget.  What would you think, as a beginner, if you saw this:

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pb cl Hello
{
pb st vd Main()
{
sys.h.out("hello world")
}
}

I would think "oh hey, there's a public class called Hello, that has a public static function called Main Which gets the stdout and writes "hello world"."  But I am in no way a beginner. ;-)

hello world for me :

pub class Hello{
   pub stat void main(){
      sys.print("hello world")
   }
}
sys is a class consisting of static methods to interface with the screen. e.g. it would have methods print, paint, pxlon, pton, graph etc. there'd be a math class similarly, except maybe that could be broken up. like math.trig, math.geom, math.matr, math.gen(eral), math.stats

DJ, so you think on comp would be better?  I can do that, I think.  Would actually make life slightly easier for me

One thing I'm thinking about it maybe getting rid of a few things like "Static" and other things like that.  I will also include simple inheritance into it, but due to some hardware restraints, going into that too far could be very painful.

Luckily, scout JUST PM'd me on his request to join the team, and since he's a good comp programmer, I could really use him

Of course, this will allow for better syntax:

// A sample program to show an ideal syntax

#include sys.del
#include graph.del
binary_form = PRGM
binary_name = "SAMPLE/0"

class Hello extends none
{
PUBLIC:

public method Main()
{
sys.out("Hello world!/n")
sys.outcoord(0,2,"I'm made in DE")
graph.clrbuf(Main,1)   //pretend that arg one means the normal
       //graph buffer and arg two means whether or not to update LCD
For(loop, loop = 0, loop = 3, loop++)
{
graph.sprite(Main, loop*8+8, 8, loop*8+8+Sprite)
graph.bufup()
sys.pause(2000)   //pretend it's milliseconds
}
}

PRIVATE:

private spritedata{8,8, row}   Sprite = [0011223344556677, _    // you can gues that _ allows you
1133224433554466, _     // to parse the next line as if it were
1234567812345678, _     // part of the first one
ADCF3E7CFF7F12345]
}

sys.popPC()


EDIT: this program will say 'hello world' then display sprites in a loop with a pause between each sprite's drawing time.

this one was intended to be on home screen, though right now all of that's purely conceptual

the only fun part of making a language

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