This page shows all the different incantations, inputs and outputs of the current version of C'Dent compiling the hello-world example.

C'Dent Version

> cdent --version

  The C'Dent portable module programming language.

  Copyright (c) 2010, Ingy dot Net
  
  Version 0.5

Inputs

C'Dent can currently parse the C'Dent subsets of Python, JavaScript and Perl 6.

These examples deal with equivalent versions of a World module. The module has a World class, which has a greet method, which has a println() command statement.

---

world.cd.py

This is the module written in C'Dent Python.

"""\
This is World class :)
"""

class World():
    def greet(self):
            print "Hello, world"

---

World.cd.js

This is the module written in C'Dent JavaScript.

/**
 * This is World class :)
 */

(this.World = function() {}).prototype = {
    greet: function() {
        print("Hello, world");
    }
};

---

World.cd.pm6

This is the module written in C'Dent Perl 6.

###
# This is World class :)
###

class World {
    method greet {
        say "Hello, world";
    }
}

---

World.cd.yaml

This is the module in pure C'Dent "abstract tree" form, serialized as YAML.

%TAG ! tag:cdent.org,2010:
--- !AST
has:
- !Module
  name: World
  has:
  - !Comment
    type: doc
    val: "This is World class :)\n"
  - !Comment
    type: blank
    val: "\n"
  - !Class
    name: World
    has:
    - !Method
      name: greet
      has:
      - !Println
        args:
        - !String
          val: Hello, world

---

Outputs

C'Dent can take any of the above inputs, and generate the following outputs: Perl, Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, Scala, Java, ActionScript, Perl 6, Python 3000, Go, PIR, NQP or C'Dent.

---

Perl

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=pm

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Perl module.
###
# This is World class :)
###

package World;
use CDent::Class;

sub greet {
    my $self = shift;
    print "Hello, world", "\n";
}

1;

---

Python

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=py

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Python module.
"""\
This is World class :)
"""

class World():
    def greet(self):
        print "Hello, world"        

---

PHP

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=php

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated PHP module.
<?php
/**
 * This is World class :)
 */

class World {
    public function greet() {
        print("Hello, world", "\n");
    }
}
?>

---

Ruby

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=rb

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Ruby module.
###
# This is World class :)
###

class World
    def greet
        puts("Hello, world")
    end
end

---

JavaScript

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=js

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated JavaScript module.
/*
 * This is World class :)
 */

(this.World = function() {}).prototype = {
    greet: function() {
        print("Hello, world");
    }
}

---

Scala

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=scala

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Scala module.
/**
 * This is World class :)
 */

class World {
    def greet() {
        println("Hello, world")
    }
}

---

Java

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=java

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Java module.
/**
 * This is World class :)
 */

public class World {
    public void greet() {
        System.out.println("Hello, world");
    }
}

---

ActionScript

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=as

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated ActionScript module.
package {
    /**
     * This is World class :)
     */

    public class World {
        public function greet():void {
            trace("Hello, world" + "\n");
        }
    }
}

---

Perl 6

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=pm6

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Perl 6 module.
###
# This is World class :)
###

class World {
    method greet {
        say "Hello, world";
    }
}

---

Python 3000

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=py3

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Python 3 module.
"""\
This is World class :)
"""

class World():
    def greet(self):
        print("Hello, world")        

---

Go

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=go

// *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated Go module.
/*
 * This is World class :)
 */

package World
import fmt "fmt"

func greet() {
    fmt.Println("Hello, world")
}

---

PIR

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=pir

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated PIR module.
###
# This is World class :)
###

.namespace ["World"]
.sub greet :method
    say "Hello, world"
.end

---

NQP (Not Quite Perl)

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=nqp

# *** DO NOT EDIT ***  This is a C'Dent generated NQP (Not Quite Perl) module.
###
# This is World class :)
###

class World {
    method greet() {
        say("Hello, world");
    }
}

---

C'Dent

> cdent --compile --in=world.cd.py --to=cd.yaml

%TAG ! tag:cdent.org,2010:
--- !AST
has:
- !Module
  has:
  - !Comment
    line: 1
    type: doc
    val: 'This is World class :)

      '
  - !Comment
    line: 4
    type: blank
    val: '

      '
  - !Class
    has:
    - !Method
      has:
      - !Println
        args:
        - !String
          val: Hello, world
        line: 7
      line: 6
      name: greet
    line: 5
    name: World
  line: 1
  name: Module