Write Less Get More. Say exactly what you mean. Max 4 characters.

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dryLang is a dynamically-typed bytecode virtual machine born out of a very specific, slightly embarrassing personal realization.

Behind

In my past, I wrote a 20-paragraph text message just to apologize to my ex. Looking back, I realized something important: text is just virtual. It lacks real-life emotional reaction, and spending 20 paragraphs just to say "I'm sorry" was incredibly verbose and pointless.

It made me think: Why do we beat around the bush so much?

Inspired by that moment—and heavily influenced by legendary local parody projects like Jaksel Script, Prabogo, gib.run, and Naskah Script—I decided to create a programming language that strictly forbids you from being verbose.

In dryLang, no syntax or keyword exceeds 4 characters. You say exactly what you mean, and nothing more. It's truly a Frankenstein of the languages I've touched before, combining their best concepts into a single, stripped-down experience:

• Java: Inheritance and modular file structures.
• JavaScript: String interpolation (${}).
• Python: Clean variable declarations, print (pt), and input (in).
• Go: Strict rules (unused variables will stop compilation).
• Go & C++: Struct foundations.

Quick Examples

1. Basic I/O & Interpolation

name = in("What is your name? ")
pt("Hello, ${name}!")

2. Structs

User {
    name
    age
}

3. HTTP Server A fully functional HTTP server in just 4 lines:

fn handler(req) {
    rev "hello, world!"
}
op(8080, handler, "mul", 100)

Installing

dryLang is a single binary with zero external dependencies.

From source:

git clone https://github.com/zakyislm/drylang.git
cd drylang
go build -o dry .

Disclaimer

This is purely a project made for fun and for learning how to build a compiler/interpreter.

It is absolutely not meant for production. If you use this to build your company's banking system, you are on your own. But if you want to play around with a strict, minimalist language just for the vibes, you're in the right place.

Documentation

Visit Docs here to view the full documentation.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for more details.

License

dryLang is released under the MIT License.