Untyped lambda calculus represented by cut out alligators. A great reminder of how computers aren’t necessary for computation, just convenient.

I’m putting together this language design tool that lets you specify basic syntax highlighting for a fictional language as you develop it. It helps avoid staring at unhighlighted code during a language’s initial sketches. It is built on CodeMirror.

The top pane is where you sketch in your language. Write whatever you want there. The lower pane is where you specify the syntax highlighting as pattern, token pairs.

New Zajal documentation under development:

zajaldev:

I’m working with friend and legendary web designer Chris Driscoll to rebuild the documentation platform from scratch. This Heroku URL is where we’ll be developing the site. What’s up there now is an initial prototype, so stay tuned for changes coming soon!

http://قلب-لغة-برمجة.com:

قلب’s site is online with a description of the project and some sample code. It will grow into a full site soon, so keep an eye on it!

For those having trouble with the internationalized domain name, the site is mirrored at http://qlblang.org/, although this is certainly not the preferred method of access.