Well, the easier filter is to convert BURL back to perl. Converting perl to BURL appears to be more difficult. 


#
#  būrl to perl filter
#
#  būrl is the Orcish variety of perl.
#  not as expressive, and more restrictive.
#
#  usage:
#
#     perl -p orc2perl.pl source_file.bl > outfile.pl
#

s/ū/uu/;
s/ā/aa/;
s/ u / \# /;
s/^u /\# /;
s/^u$/\#/;
s/ u$/ \#/;

s/(uur|kuu) (.*)( \# .*)?$/for ($2) { $3/;
s/gaakh (.*)( \# .*)?$/if ($1) { $2/;
s/ash/} else {/;
s/ghaash (.*)( \# .*)?$/} elsif ($1) { $2/;
s/fulg (.*)( \# .*)?$/while ($1) { $2/;
s/uluuk/for(;;) {/;
s/buurz!(.*)( \# .*)?$/sleep($1); $2/;
s/kuu (.*)( \# .*)?$/until ($1) { $2/;
s/(nar|sha)!/};/;
s/ai!/print STDERR/;
s/snaga (.*)( \# .*)?$/sub $1 { $2/;
s/ash/scalar/;
s/bhaduur/chdir/;
s/pushdug/push/;
s/prakhug/pop/;
s/maturz/kill/;

s/dab/my/;
s/mat/die/;

s/baduzg/open/;
s/fauth/close/;
s/mog!/print;/;
s/mog/print/;

s/thrak/join/;
s/raakh!/split;/;
s/raakh/split/;

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In reply to Re: Re: BURL: The Orcish scripting language by rje
in thread BURL: The Orcish scripting language by rje

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