More toy-like

[iperov]

Don't you think fewer parentheses makes the syntax more toy-like?
I find Python syntax more toy-like than C.

Also

It will be more toy-like if you make dot access to tables.

fn Foo_new() {
	var counter: Int = 0;
    
    fn greet() {
        print "Hello World! {counter}" ;
    }
        
    var self = ["greet": greet]	

	return self;
}

var foo = Foo_new();
foo.greet()

[Ratstail91]

I see where you're coming from, and the parentheses do feel awkward in the for-loop in particular, but I chose to include them as a syntactic element (as well as semicolons) because Toy isn't a whitespace-significant language like python. It's perfectly valid to spread the contents of the parentheses across several lines with inconsistent spacing:

if (
a && b &&
    c
)

Not that you should do this, but it's allowed.

Side note: using syntactic operators like parentheses and braces also sets it apart from lua, which fills an almost identical niche in gamedev.

As for the dot operator, I have a philosophy that each operator should do exactly one thing, which is why you don't use the + operator to concatenate strings (you use .. instead). The dot operator is used to retrieve attributes from ALL compound types (strings, arrays, tables and opaques), while elements/contents of those types are accessed with brackets []. Overall, this results in a simpler implementation (relatively speaking), as a lot of the existing infrastructure will automatically work when adding something new.

Another side note: An "attribute" means something specific in Toy - it refers to some inherent quality of a variable other than its value or type. Actually, types are tangentially similar, but I digress. Arrays, tables and strings all have the length attribute, while there's also functions used for manipulation (insert, pushBack, etc) accessable as attributes depending on the value's type. There's more here, but this response is getting long.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, as I don't intend to dismiss your post outright, just explaining my own point of view.

[iperov]

In my opinion, when naming a language Toy, you shouldn't impose your own point of view. The name should drive the essence of the language in this case.
Toy implies playing, and playing should always be easy and enjoyable. Parentheses don't add any lightness or pleasantness to the gameplay. Python beats your language in terms of playfulness and enjoyment, while PocketPy embeds nicely into C code.
So it turns out you simply took the name Toy.
noprob, dead lang.

[Ratstail91]

noprob, dead lang.

There's no need to be rude.