Ezhil (programming language)
Ezhil, in Tamil language script (Tamil: எழில், romanized: Eḻil, lit. 'beauty', Tamil pronunciation: [eɻil̪]), is a compact, open source, interpreted, programming language, originally designed to enable native-Tamil speaking students, K-12 age-group to learn computer programming, and enable learning numeracy and computing, outside of linguistic expertise in predominately English language-based computer systems.
| Paradigm | interpreted, imperative, structured |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Muthiah Annamalai at Google scholar |
| Developer | Independent/Freelance |
| First appeared | 2007 |
| Stable release | version 0.99
/ 23 August 2017 |
| Preview release | version 10rc0
/ 14 March 2021 |
| Typing discipline | strong, dynamic |
| OS | Linux, Windows, Can be run in MacOS using Python's pip (package manager) |
| License | GPLv3 |
| Filename extensions | .n |
| Website | ezhillang |
| Major implementations | |
| Ezhil-Lang | |
| Influenced by | |
| Logo, BASIC, Python | |
In the Ezhil programming language, Tamil keywords and language-grammar are chosen to easily enable the native Tamil speaker write programs in the Ezhil system. Ezhil allows easy representation of computer program closer to the Tamil language logical constructs equivalent to the conditional, branch and loop statements in modern English based programming languages. Ezhil is the first freely available programming language in the Tamil language and one of many known non-English-based programming languages. The language was officially announced in July 2009, while it has been developed since late 2007.