An experimental programming language
print[] The language itself:
FreakC is a small, experimental programming language created by me when I was/am a student. It's a fun project with the idea of trying to create a full-blown programming language in such a small language like Batch, which has a lot of limitations. It is transpiled to Batch, and looks/works pretty much the same as Batch, which means that you can switch from Batch to FreakC easily, while FreakC has added a tiny bit more features to improve your experience with Batch scripting (you would understand the pain of Batch if you are a hardcore Batch coder). These features are: macro definition, while loops, repeat-until loops, switch case, some additional operators, commands and macros, more functions/commands for arrays, strings and math, and the support for floats too.
print[] Overall...
I would say FreakC is just an experimental (or "toy") programming language that I had had fun in developing. I think FreakC doesn't really handle common day tasks that great, and so does Batch actually. But it's rather just a small project for the Batch community and my "fun" as I have said earlier. However, if you think that FreakC is suitable for you, or maybe you are a Batch developer who think FreakC has enhanced your coding experience with Batch, then I would really appreciate if you have used and like it.
If you like to create a toy language from FreakC's source code, go ahead, I would love if you do so. But just be sure to follow the conditions from the GPLv3 License.
print[] Loading dev stories...
Because Batch doesn't really have modern features like C++, Java or Javascript, and there are some really weird quirks to the language. And the biggest middle finger to the devs was the incapablity to do equation with floating point numbers. So FreakC follows a whole different way in creating its compiler. It acts more like a "weird preprocessor", it doesn't really have a parser, but I guess if it works fine then it works fine, this is Batch anyway, it's hard 🙂. And that should answer why the compiler's kind of strange. But still, being a Batch superset itself makes the development process a lot easier.
Many people suggested that I should use another language other than Batch to create the language, no, because FreakC's an experimental lang, being written in Batch is the "experimental" part, so I wouldn't switch to another language. And seriously, people don't really need "upgraded" Batch, many peeps have never heard about Batch before lol. If you want something good for both scripting and SysAdmin, use Powershell, Bash, or even Python when it has adapted so much features.
Another thing that you would want to note is that FreakC doesn't really have big updates normally, but if you have any suggestions, please let us know!
Originally, FreakC was just an esolang. But as I learn more and more about Batch scripting, I had re-designed the whole thing to become a somewhat "usable" language. There's still a repo containing the old version though, I'll leave a link down below.
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Hello World:
print[] Hello, World!
Function definition:
function[] SayHello
print[] Hello
endfunc[]
:: Prints "Hello"
SayHello[..]
While FreakC is compatible with Batch, but it's not 100% compatible, you just need to replace all "!" with "^!", "^^!" with "^^^^^!" (the second one is only required in delayed expansion). If you use codes that depends on blank lines, then just change them to the "!" character. This problem can be easily fixed, but I'm thinking whether I should make it compatible or not, since the compatiblity with Batch means incompatiblity with previous FreakC versions.
- A compiler.
- An interactive shell.
- A command line interface.
- Some utilities.
- Some examples.
Note that most Batch frameworks should integrate well with FreakC, so you can use them just like in Batch smoothly. There are some in the Utilities folder (which I don't own and they're on this Github repo only, not included in the release zip file)
- discord.fclang - A discord api wrapper built on top of Discord.net, can be used for bot dev.
- Number.cmd - A library for evaluating floating point number.
- Discord.bat - A discord api wrapper built on top of Discord.net, can be used for bot dev.
There are many existing game engines for Batch/FreakC:
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If you like FreakC, it would be great if you leave a star here ❤️. I'd love if you follow me as well 😘.
I've created this tiny language for Vietnamese using the FreakC's codebase:
- Owner/Developer: Phu Minh
- VSCode contributor: anapple96
In association with the Jolio dev team.
Copyright © 2020-2021 Nguyen Phu Minh
This language is licensed under the GPLv3 License