Ring/Lessons/Natural Language Programming

Natural Language Programming

Using the Ring programming language, we can create Natural programming languages based on classes and objects.

History

In 2010, I developed a new programming language called Supernova (developed using PWCT). This language uses a code that looks similar to Natural Language statements to create simple GUI applications. Now after five years, In the Ring programming language, we can get similar results, but now we have the ability to create/use code similar to Natural language statements in any domain that we like or need.

The Ring programming language comes with the Supernova sprite, but with more generalization and with mix of other languages sprites.

Example

The next example presents how to create a class that define two instructions

The first instruction is : I want window

The second instruction is : Window title = <expr>

Also keywords that can be ignored like the 'the' keyword

	New App 
	{
		I want window 	
		The window title = "hello world"
	}

	Class App

		# Attributes for the instruction I want window
				i want window 
				nIwantwindow = 0
		# Attributes for the instruction Window title
		# Here we don't define the window attribute again
				title 
				nWindowTitle = 0
		# Keywords to ignore, just give them any value
				the=0	

		func geti
			if nIwantwindow = 0
				nIwantwindow++
			ok

		func getwant
			if nIwantwindow = 1
				nIwantwindow++
			ok

		func getwindow
			if nIwantwindow = 2
				nIwantwindow= 0
				see "Instruction : I want window" + nl
			ok
			if nWindowTitle = 0
				nWindowTitle++
			ok
	
		func settitle cValue
			if nWindowTitle = 1
				nWindowTitle=0
				see "Instruction : Window Title = " + cValue + nl
			ok

Output:

	Instruction : I want window
	Instruction : Window Title = hello world