lhartikk/arnoldc

ArnoldC is a programming language where every keyword is a famous one-liner from Arnold Schwarzenegger movies. Instead of writing standard instructions like "if", "while", or "print", a developer writes phrases such as "BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SAY PLEASE" (if), "STICK AROUND" (while), and "TALK TO THE HAND" (print). The entire vocabulary of the language is built from quotes tied to specific films and scenes, with links provided in the README to the original YouTube clips. The project is a joke language, created for fun rather than for any serious programming purpose. It runs on the Java Virtual Machine: you download a .jar file, write code in a .arnoldc file, and run it using the standard Java command line. A hello-world program starts with "IT'S SHOWTIME", prints text using "TALK TO THE HAND", and ends with "YOU HAVE BEEN TERMINATED". There is also a -declaim flag that produces audible output. Despite being comedic, the language is feature-complete enough to be a real programming language. It supports variables, arithmetic operators (addition is "GET UP", division is "HE HAD TO SPLIT"), comparison operators, if-else logic, loops, and methods with arguments and return values. The keyword for returning from a function is "I'LL BE BACK", and declaring a method requires "LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY". The language is implemented in Scala. A wiki on the project's GitHub page documents the full keyword list and grammar rules. The README itself is short and leans entirely on the humor of mapping computing concepts to Schwarzenegger catchphrases, so readers unfamiliar with the films will still be able to use it by following the keyword table directly.