tekle23/hasab-lang

Empowering Ethiopian developers to build world-class software using Amharic. # HASAB Programming Language A statically-typed, compiled programming language with dual-script (Latin + Amharic/Ethiopic) support. Compiles to JVM bytecode via Java source generation. --- ## Quick Start ```bash # Build the compiler ./gradlew shadowJar # Create a new project java -jar build/libs/hasab-lang-1.0.0.jar new my-app cd my-app # Build and run hasab build hasab run ``` --- ## Language Features | Feature | Example | |---------|---------| | Functions | `fn add(x: int, y: int) -> int { return x + y; }` | | Variables | `let x = 42;` / `let mut y = 10;` | | Structs | `struct Point { x: int, y: int }` | | Enums | `enum Color { Red, Green, Blue }` | | Arrays | `let nums = [1, 2, 3];` | | Impl blocks | `impl Point { fn len(self) -> int { ... } }` | | Optionals | `let name: string? = nil;` | | Modules | `mod geometry { pub struct Point { ... } }` | ### Amharic (Ethiopic) Support All major keywords have Amharic equivalents. Code can be written entirely in Amharic: ```hasab ተግባር ዋና() { ይሁን ስም = "HASAB"፤ ከሆነ ስም != ባዶ { ጻፍ(ሰላምታ(ስም))፤ } } ``` ### Ethiopic Semicolons `፤` (U+1364) is supported as a statement terminator alongside `;`: ```hasab let x = 1; ይሁን y = 2፤ println(x); ጻፍ(y)፤ ``` --- ## Keyword Reference | Latin | Amharic | Alt | Purpose | |-------|---------|-----|---------| | `fn` | `ተግባር` | | Function declaration | | `let` | `ይሁን` | `ለ` | Variable binding | | `mut` | `ተለዋዋጭ` | | Mutable modifier | | `if` | `ከሆነ` | | Conditional | | `else` | `ካልሆነ` | | Alternative branch | | `while` | `እስከሆነ` | | Loop | | `for` | `አምልኮ` | | Iteration | | `return` | `ተመለስ` | | Return value | | `break` | `አቋርጥ` | | Exit loop | | `continue` | `ቀጥል` | | Skip iteration | | `true` | `እውነት` | | Boolean true | | `false` | `ሐሰት` | | Boolean false | | `nil` | `ባዶ` | | Null value | | `struct` | `መዋቅር` | | Struct declaration | | `enum` | `ዝርዝርአይነት` | | Enum declaration | | `trait` | `ባህሪ` | | Trait declaration | | `pub` | `ይፋ` | | Public visibility | | `use` | `ተጠቀም` | | Impo …