Budgie 🦜

A unified syntax that compiles into a number of OOP languages. Formerly known as General Language Syntax (GLS).

• 🎭 Try it at budgielang.org 🎭
• 📚 Read the docs on docs.budgielang.org 📚

Budgie is still under development. Don't expect everything to work!

Usage

Budgie can be used as a command-line app or via import/require.

CLI

To convert file.bg to file.py:

npm install budgie-cli --global

budgie --language Python file.bg

See budgie-cli.

Code

npm install budgie

import { Budgie } from "budgie";

const budgie = new Budgie("C#");

// System.Console.WriteLine("Hello world!");
budgie.convert([`print : ("Hello world!")`]);

Why?

No reason in particular!

Budgie is not intended to be a useful language or targeted to any real purpose. It's a proof-of-concept exploration for the fun of it.

Status

Budgie is just shy of 0.4.

<table> <thead> <th>Deliverable</th> <th>Version</th> <th>Description</th> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <th>C++ Compiler</th> <td>0.1</td> <td>Command-line Budgie prototype, written in C++.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>TypeScript Compiler draft</th> <td>0.2</td> <td>Budgie compiler as a website, written in TypeScript.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>TypeScript Compiler + C# Output</th> <td>0.3</td> <td>Budgie compiler re-written in TypeScript. Near-working C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and TypeScript output.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Roundtripping Feature Complete</th> <td>0.4</td> <td>All features required for roundtripping implemented. Working C# and TypeScript output. Near-working Java, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby output. Switched to a better name.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Full Language Outputs</th> <td>0.5</td> <td>Working C#, Java, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and TypeScript output.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Haxe, Powershell, Misc.</th> <td>0.6</td> <td>Onboard or reject those languages and other possibilities.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>Language Specification Finalized</th> <td>0.7</td> <td>Finalized language spec &amp; cleaned internals of code.</td> </tr> <tr> <th>General Release</th> <td>1.0</td> <td>Public announcement, glory to everyone.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Development

If you'd like to contribute to Budgie, see Development.md.

Requires Node >=12

💖 Many thanks to @matthojo for allowing use of the budgie npm package name!