tht - Programming language

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tht is a programming language created in 2017.

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git clone https://github.com/joelesko/tht

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THT Programming Language

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tht is developed on GitHub and has 137 stars
tht is written in PHP, CSS, JavaScript, Markdown, Bourne shell, JSON

Example from the web:

// Familiar variable and List syntax.
$colors = ['red', 'blue', 'green'];
// New JSON-style syntax for Maps
$colorHex = {
    red:   '#FF0000',
    green: '#00FF00',
    blue:  '#0000FF',
};
// Built-in types have methods using
// the mainstream 'dot' syntax.
$colors.push('purple');
// Extra parens aren't needed.
if $colors.length() > 3 {
    $colors.pop();
}
// The standard library is organized
// into modules.
Response.sendPage({
    title: 'Colors',
    body: bodyHtml($colors),
});
// Template Functions let you organize
// your output (views) however you like.
// (e.g. by component, module, file, etc.)
template bodyHtml($colors) {
    <h1>Colors</>
    <ul>
    -- foreach $colors as $c {
        <li>{{ $c.toUpperCaseFirst() }}</>
    -- }
    </>
}

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Comments	✓	// A comment
Line Comments	✓	// A comment	//
Semantic Indentation	X

HackerNews discussions of tht

title	date	score	comments
Show HN: THT – a cleaner, safer language that compiles to PHP	09/03/2017	3	0