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A very simple interpreted programming language for beginners.

Code in Action

# import the math module
fetch std_math;

obj x = 0;

# let's go for a walk!
walk i = 0 through 10 {
    obj x = x + 1;

    if x == 5 {
        leave;
    }
}

# print the value of 'x'
serve(x);

# greet someone
func greet(name) {
    serve("Hello, " + name + "!");
}

greet("my Maid");

serve("Pi is equal to: " + tostring(math_pi));
serve("We have reached the end of our program. I hope you enjoyed!");

# import the math module
fetch std_math; # imports
serve(math_pi); # built in functions
obj x = 0; # object creation

# looping
walk i = 0 through 10 {
    serve("'i' is equal to: " + tostring(i));

    if i == 5 {
        leave;
    }
}

while 1 == 1 {
    serve("Inside a while loop");

    leave;
}

# function definitions
func greet(name) {
    serve("Hello my " + name + "!");

    give null;
}

greet("Maid");

Features

• Built-in modules for math, strings, and more
• Easy-to-understand functions like sweep(), stash(), and uhoh()
• Package management extensible with fetch
• Open source & updated regularly.
• Online Interpreter is live! Play with Maid in your browser!

Easily add it as a VS Code Extension!

1) From the Marketplace

• Open VS Code → Extensions (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X) - Or click the extensions button on the left side-bar upon opening VS Code.
• Search for “Maid” or go directly:
  https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=xqyet.maid-lang
• Click Install

- after installing the extension, run:

cargo install maid-lang

or follow the popup box prompt to install cargo, and then to install maid.

Package Installation (for other text editors and IDE's)

You can install Maid Programming Language globally using Cargo which comes pre-packaged when downloading Rust:

cargo install maid-lang

Once installed, run the maid command:

maid new project
cd project
maid home.maid

Watch your output:

'Hello, my Maid!'

Now get busy creating in Maid! You may also check out the quick setup instructions in the Guide Book which I may extend upon.

Wanna Help Out?

Contributors are welcome! Also feel free to try my Online Interpreter for Maid.

I’m currently working on making Maid installable through some other popular package managers, so in the future you’ll be able to run npm install maid, yarn add maid, or pip install maid in addition to my current cargo package.

License

Maid is free & open source.