Mint Language
An interpreted programming language written in Java
Mint is a dynamically typed general purpose programming language. It has all your traditional control flow statements, such as while loops and for loops. You can also define functions, use lists, and build objects using object constructors.
I'm Oliver, the creator of Mint. Originally I made this language as an experiment in parsing. Using Python, I wrote a prototype interpreter that could do things like evaluate math expressions using precedence rules. When the project started getting large, I switched to Java, and so the Mint language is now built on top of the JVM. This was done during the summer of 2012, with many improvements added later on.
The language has influences from Ruby and Python. Here are some code examples:
sub fibonacci(n)
current = 0
next = 1
sequence = []
for i = 0; i <= n; i++
sequence.append(current)
temporary = next
next += current
current = temporary
end
return sequence
end
print fibonacci(25) |
sub differentiate(f)
dx = 0.0001
sub fPrime(x)
df = f(x + dx) - f(x)
return df / dx
end
return fPrime
end
sub square(x)
return x ^ 2
end
twice = differentiate(square)
print twice(16) |
sub containsWord(sentences, targetWord)
for each sentence of sentences
if targetWord in sentence
return true
end
end
return false
end
sentences = ["House is red.", "Balloon is lead."]
print containsWord(sentences, "red")
print containsWord(sentences, "head") |
Mint's internal Java implementation is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.
Mint should not be confused with MINT, a motion programming language created by ABB Group. Unfortunately, I was unaware of this other language before I named my project.
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