animal

Animal Language

Animal is a programming language that uses animal sounds and characteristics as its core syntax elements. It brings a playful way to programming with a complete feature set of basic commands (and also new ones!).

Quick Start

go install github.com/Klus3kk/animal/cmd/animal@latest
animal
animal path/to/script.anml

Try this simple Animal program:

roar "Hello from the animal kingdom!"

age -> 5
weight -> 10
total -> age meow weight  

roar "Total:", total

Features

• Intuitive Syntax: Programming concepts mapped to animal behaviors
• Rich Standard Library: Built-in functions for common operations
• Object-Oriented: nest structures for custom object definitions
• Functional Capabilities: First-class functions with howl
• Web Assembly Support: Run Animal in browsers
• Interactive REPL: Try code snippets instantly

Documentation

Complete documentation is available at animal.readthedocs.io.

Core Syntax

Operators

Symbol	Animal Word	Meaning
+	meow	Addition
-	woof	Subtraction
*	moo	Multiplication
/	drone	Division
%	squeak	Modulo
^	soar	Exponentiation
==	sniff	Equality
!=	growl	Inequality

Control Flow

-- Conditionals
if sniff x == 10 {
    roar "x equals 10"
} else {
    roar "x does not equal 10"
}

-- Loops
leap i from 0 to 5 {
    roar i
}

-- Functions
howl calculate_area(length, width) {
    return length moo width  -- Multiplication
}

area -> calculate_area(5, 10)
roar "Area:", area

Installation

Prerequisites

• Go 1.18 or higher

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Klus3kk/animal.git
cd animal

# Build from source
go build -o animal ./cmd/animal

# Run the tests
go test ./...

From Go Install

go install github.com/Klus3kk/animal/cmd/animal@latest

Online Compiler

Try Animal without installation using online compiler.

Examples

Simple Calculator

howl calculator() {
    roar "Simple Calculator"
    roar "Enter first number:"
    num1 -> input_number()
    
    roar "Enter second number:"
    num2 -> input_number()
    
    roar "Sum:", num1 meow num2
    roar "Difference:", num1 woof num2
    roar "Product:", num1 moo num2
    roar "Quotient:", num1 drone num2
}

calculator()

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