fig educational language - 4.6

fig is a language designed to make it easier to learn programming. it is inspired by basic, python and logo. with some of the lightest syntax requirements in history, and between 90 and 100 commands, fig uses the term window/vt by default: and if pygame is installed and the "textmode" command is not added, it can do real graphics as well: https://zippy.gfycat.com/BigBabyishGrebe.webm -- the fig code for that animation is 24 lines long, less than 800 bytes.

fig is a language designed to make it easier to learn programming. it is inspired by basic, python and logo. with some of the lightest syntax requirements in history, and between 90 and 100 commands, fig uses the term window/vt by default: https://i.imgtc.com/K2EvyXd.png and if pygame is installed and the "textmode" command is not added, it can do real graphics as well: https://zippy.gfycat.com/BigBabyishGrebe.webm the latest stable version of fig is 4.6. 4.7 is todays broken attempt to clean up after the "hello from the pygame community" text. here is the fig program for the animation included in this post: [code]#### license: creative commons cc0 1.0 (public domain) #### creativecommons.org/publicdoma… proginf = "doublespiral 2017 mn" function rgbcolour r g b c python figcgapal[c] = (r, g, b) fig fig v 1 c 400 w 3.14159 divby 2 for r 490 300 -.25 e w minus 0.00413367105263 swap e w # 3.14159 / 4 / (490 - 300) for p -3.14159 3.14159 .003067958984375 e w cos times 380 divby 2 int rc r divby 2 int rd 256 minus rc rgbcolour rc rc rc 11 x p times 2 cos times e plus c int y p times 2 sin times e plus r minus 50 int m 6.28 plus 1.57 divby 108.503 divby 2 now v plus m swap now v rc r divby 4 int mod 2 iftrue rc now v int mod 2 times 11 pset x y now y2 y minus 1 pset x y2 now fig next now display next now display lineinput [/code]