Mystical

[yomikoma]

https://suberic.net/~dmm/projects/mystical/README.html

I wanted to make a programming language that looked like magical circles. Mystical is more like a way to write PostScript so it looks like magic circles. I'm pretty happy with it, though there's more to do with it.

Comments

[cnoocy]

Did you consider making a form for /name exch def? Or is that not as standard as I think?

[yomikoma]

I mostly use exch def (or as I call it, arg) when I'm pulling passed-in values or more complicated computations off the stack. I don't think {ring} /name exch def is common enough to make a ligature for, but if I did I would just use the same one since it's functionally equivalent to /name {ring} def. I did make a sigil for arg and you can see it in use in the gcd code.

[yomikoma]

or do you mean a special graphical treatment for /name exch def since it's used for arguments? I think just using arg is sufficient.

[cnoocy]

I agree that it's sufficient, I just think a variation of the function def triangle would be neat.

[yomikoma]

Send me a pull request!

[kathy_fraggle]

Cool concept!