{"comments":[{"comment":{"id":17981482,"creator_id":7370021,"post_id":25404597,"content":"Thanks I hate it","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-10T20:21:01.609210Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/18168194","local":false,"path":"0.17981482","distinguished":false,"language_id":37},"creator":{"id":7370021,"name":"Semi_Hemi_Demigod","display_name":"Boomer Humor Doomergod","avatar":"https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4094872d-85a6-444b-842c-5b804ec768d3.jpeg","banned":false,"published":"2024-03-15T19:54:36.388524Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/Semi_Hemi_Demigod","bio":"I'm just this guy, you know? Except on Lemmy.\n\nThanks to /u/crank0271 for the name\n\nRIP Kbin.social","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":24},"post":{"id":25404597,"name":"JPL: The JSON Programming Language","url":"https://github.com/W1LDN16H7/JPL","body":"Examples from the README\n\n::: spoiler example 1\n\n```json\n[\n { \"let\": { \"name\": \"JSON\", \"times\": 3 } },\n {\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": \"times\",\n \"do\": [\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"Hello \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 2\n\n```json\n[\n { \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n { \"let\": { \"a\": 9, \"b\": 4, \"name\": \"JPL\" } },\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"a + b = \\\"\", { \"add\": [\"a\", \"b\"] }] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mul\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"div\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mod\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"&\": [6, 3] } },\n { \"print\": { \"||\": [false, true] } },\n { \"print\": { \"gt\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"def\": { \"sq\": { \"params\": [\"x\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [5] } } },\n { \"def\": { \"greet\": { \"params\": [\"who\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"Hi, \\\"\", \"who\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"\\\"JSON Fan\\\"\"] } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"<\": [\"b\", \"a\"] }, \"then\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b < a 👍\\\"\" }, \"else\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b >= a 🤔\\\"\" } } },\n { \"for\": { \"var\": \"i\", \"from\": 1, \"to\": 3, \"step\": 1, \"do\": [ { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [\"i\"] } } } ] } },\n { \"print\": \"\\\"All features in one! 🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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Would take this over python for sure.","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-10T22:23:13.438263Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/18170075","local":false,"path":"0.17983705","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":5566661,"name":"nieminen","banned":false,"published":"2024-01-08T03:05:02.432951Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/nieminen","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":24},"post":{"id":25404597,"name":"JPL: The JSON Programming Language","url":"https://github.com/W1LDN16H7/JPL","body":"Examples from the README\n\n::: spoiler example 1\n\n```json\n[\n { \"let\": { \"name\": \"JSON\", \"times\": 3 } },\n {\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": \"times\",\n \"do\": [\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"Hello \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 2\n\n```json\n[\n { \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n { \"let\": { \"a\": 9, \"b\": 4, \"name\": \"JPL\" } },\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"a + b = \\\"\", { \"add\": [\"a\", \"b\"] }] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mul\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"div\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mod\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"&\": [6, 3] } },\n { \"print\": { \"||\": [false, true] } },\n { \"print\": { \"gt\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"def\": { \"sq\": { \"params\": [\"x\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [5] } } },\n { \"def\": { \"greet\": { \"params\": [\"who\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"Hi, \\\"\", \"who\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"\\\"JSON Fan\\\"\"] } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"<\": [\"b\", \"a\"] }, \"then\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b < a 👍\\\"\" }, \"else\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b >= a 🤔\\\"\" } } },\n { \"for\": { \"var\": \"i\", \"from\": 1, \"to\": 3, \"step\": 1, \"do\": [ { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [\"i\"] } } } ] } },\n { \"print\": \"\\\"All features in one! 🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-10T20:06:12.466381Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.ml/comment/19785088","local":false,"path":"0.17980311.17981188","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":3724301,"name":"unmagical","banned":false,"published":"2023-10-30T18:45:21.669617Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.ml/u/unmagical","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":16},"post":{"id":25404597,"name":"JPL: The JSON Programming Language","url":"https://github.com/W1LDN16H7/JPL","body":"Examples from the README\n\n::: spoiler example 1\n\n```json\n[\n { \"let\": { \"name\": \"JSON\", \"times\": 3 } },\n {\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": \"times\",\n \"do\": [\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"Hello \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 2\n\n```json\n[\n { \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n { \"let\": { \"a\": 9, \"b\": 4, \"name\": \"JPL\" } },\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"a + b = \\\"\", { \"add\": [\"a\", \"b\"] }] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mul\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"div\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mod\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"&\": [6, 3] } },\n { \"print\": { \"||\": [false, true] } },\n { \"print\": { \"gt\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"def\": { \"sq\": { \"params\": [\"x\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [5] } } },\n { \"def\": { \"greet\": { \"params\": [\"who\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"Hi, \\\"\", \"who\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"\\\"JSON Fan\\\"\"] } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"<\": [\"b\", \"a\"] }, \"then\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b < a 👍\\\"\" }, \"else\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b >= a 🤔\\\"\" } } },\n { \"for\": { \"var\": \"i\", \"from\": 1, \"to\": 3, \"step\": 1, \"do\": [ { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [\"i\"] } } } ] } },\n { \"print\": \"\\\"All features in one! 🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. Contribute to W1LDN16H7/JPL development by creating an account on GitHub.","thumbnail_url":"https://opengraph.githubassets.com/637d16077e7c33dfa2993aee32da4f8546d8470882790ae7cc100cb8b42a8a41/W1LDN16H7/JPL","ap_id":"https://programming.dev/post/33693028","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"text/html; charset=utf-8"},"community":{"id":25308,"name":"programming_languages","title":"Programming Languages","description":"Hello!\n\nThis is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.\n\nThe content and rules are the same here as they are over there. Taken directly from the [/r/ProgrammingLanguages](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/) overview:\n\n> This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.\n>\n> Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. Contribute to W1LDN16H7/JPL development by creating an account on GitHub.","thumbnail_url":"https://opengraph.githubassets.com/637d16077e7c33dfa2993aee32da4f8546d8470882790ae7cc100cb8b42a8a41/W1LDN16H7/JPL","ap_id":"https://programming.dev/post/33693028","local":false,"language_id":37,"featured_community":false,"featured_local":false,"url_content_type":"text/html; charset=utf-8"},"community":{"id":25308,"name":"programming_languages","title":"Programming Languages","description":"Hello!\n\nThis is the current Lemmy equivalent of https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/.\n\nThe content and rules are the same here as they are over there. Taken directly from the [/r/ProgrammingLanguages](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/) overview:\n\n> This community is dedicated to the theory, design and implementation of programming languages.\n>\n> Be nice to each other. Flame wars and rants are not welcomed. Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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Good day sir, sorry about your career 😉","removed":false,"published":"2025-07-11T01:10:55.302367Z","deleted":false,"ap_id":"https://lemmy.world/comment/18171995","local":false,"path":"0.17983705.17985137.17986122","distinguished":false,"language_id":0},"creator":{"id":5566661,"name":"nieminen","banned":false,"published":"2024-01-08T03:05:02.432951Z","actor_id":"https://lemmy.world/u/nieminen","local":false,"deleted":false,"bot_account":false,"instance_id":24},"post":{"id":25404597,"name":"JPL: The JSON Programming Language","url":"https://github.com/W1LDN16H7/JPL","body":"Examples from the README\n\n::: spoiler example 1\n\n```json\n[\n { \"let\": { \"name\": \"JSON\", \"times\": 3 } },\n {\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": \"times\",\n \"do\": [\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"Hello \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 2\n\n```json\n[\n { \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n { \"let\": { \"a\": 9, \"b\": 4, \"name\": \"JPL\" } },\n { \"print\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"a + b = \\\"\", { \"add\": [\"a\", \"b\"] }] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mul\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"div\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"mod\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"print\": { \"&\": [6, 3] } },\n { \"print\": { \"||\": [false, true] } },\n { \"print\": { \"gt\": [\"a\", \"b\"] } },\n { \"def\": { \"sq\": { \"params\": [\"x\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [5] } } },\n { \"def\": { \"greet\": { \"params\": [\"who\"], \"body\": [{ \"return\": { \"add\": [\"\\\"Hi, \\\"\", \"who\"] } }] } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"\\\"JSON Fan\\\"\"] } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"<\": [\"b\", \"a\"] }, \"then\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b < a 👍\\\"\" }, \"else\": { \"print\": \"\\\"b >= a 🤔\\\"\" } } },\n { \"for\": { \"var\": \"i\", \"from\": 1, \"to\": 3, \"step\": 1, \"do\": [ { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"sq\": [\"i\"] } } } ] } },\n { \"print\": \"\\\"All features in one! 🎉\\\"\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n\n::: spoiler example 3\n\n```json\n[\n// 🚀 Welcome to JPL — JSON Programming Language!\n\n// Import system utilities for fun stuff\n{ \"import\": \"system.jpl\" },\n\n// Print system info\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"now\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"osName\": [] } } },\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"cpuCount\": [] } } },\n\n// Define a math function to square a number\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"square\": {\n \"params\": [\"x\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"mul\": [\"x\", \"x\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Greet a user\n{\n \"def\": {\n \"greet\": {\n \"params\": [\"name\"],\n \"body\": [\n { \"return\": { \"add\": [\"Hello, \", \"name\"] } }\n ]\n }\n }\n},\n\n// Declare variables\n{ \"let\": { \"a\": 7, \"user\": \"Kapil\" } },\n\n// Use greet function and print\n{ \"print\": { \"call\": { \"greet\": [\"user\"] } } },\n\n// Conditional message\n{\n \"if\": {\n \"cond\": { \">\": [\"a\", 5] },\n \"then\": { \"print\": \"a is greater than 5\" },\n \"else\": { \"print\": \"a is 5 or less\" }\n }\n},\n\n// Loop with break and continue\n{\n \"for\": {\n \"var\": \"i\",\n \"from\": 1,\n \"to\": 10,\n \"step\": 1,\n \"do\": [\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"eq\": [\"i\", 3] }, \"then\": { \"continue\": true } } },\n { \"if\": { \"cond\": { \"gt\": [\"i\", 7] }, \"then\": { \"break\": true } } },\n { \"print\": { \"call\": { \"square\": [\"i\"] } } }\n ]\n }\n},\n\n// Fun ending message\n{ \"print\": \"🎉 Done with curly braces and JSON fun!\" }\n]\n```\n\n:::\n","creator_id":5102529,"community_id":25308,"removed":false,"locked":false,"published":"2025-07-10T19:16:53.684992Z","deleted":false,"nsfw":false,"embed_title":"GitHub - W1LDN16H7/JPL: The JSON Programming Language","embed_description":"The JSON Programming Language. 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Please also put some effort into your post.\n> \n> This isn't the right place to ask questions such as \"What language should I use for X\", \"what language should I learn\", and \"what's your favorite language\". Such questions should be posted in [/c/learn_programming](https://programming.dev/c/learn_programming) or [/c/programming](https://programming.dev/c/programming).\n\nThis *is* the right place for posts like the following:\n\n- \"Check out this new language I've been working on!\"\n- \"Here's a blog post on how I implemented static type checking into this compiler\"\n- \"I want to write a compiler, where do I start?\"\n- \"How does the Java compiler work? How does it handle forward declarations/imports/targeting multiple platforms/?\"\n- \"How should I test my compiler? 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