Praat Script - Programming language

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Praat Script is a programming language created in 1997.

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Download source code:

git clone https://github.com/praat/praat

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The language is bundled with Praat, a speech analysis tool, to execute menu and action commands.

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Praat Script is developed on GitHub and has 1,434 stars
Early development of Praat Script happened in Universiteit van Amsterdam

Example from the web:

clearinfo
# print fizzbuzz result
procedure fizzbuzz: .i
	if .i mod 15 == 0
		appendInfoLine: "fizzbuzz"
	elsif .i mod 3 == 0
		appendInfoLine: "fizz"
	elsif .i mod 5 == 0
		appendInfoLine: "buzz"
	else
		appendInfoLine: .i
	endif
endproc

for i from 1 to 100
	@fizzbuzz: i
endfor

Language features

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