Project_Language_File_V1.md

An archive of the first version of the project language file article for this projects Wik.

Author: seanpm2001

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+## Project language file
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+The **project language file** is a script file that talks about itself, inserted into all projects that sets/denotes the intended/current majority programming language. It is used to increase the amount of 1 programming language over another, or give the project a programming language (even if the project isn't programming related)
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+Project language files can be written in any language that [GitHub](https://github.com) will highlight on the code percentage section (such as Python (blue), JavaScript (yellow), HTML (orange) and more) This discludes markdown, xml, svg, rst, mediawiki, yaml, ini, and many more types.
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+Project language files are just a decoration, they are completely separate from the project. Removing them should not (and will not) affect functionality. Project language files are always placed at the root of the projects directory.
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+The syntax goes as follows:
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+1. `// Start of script` (line)
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+2. Comment with the program output
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+3. Normal programming language headers and imports (`#include`, `int main()`, `etc`)
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+4. An output statement with the same output as 1 (above)
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+5. Commented file info
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+6. `// End of script (line)`
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+For python projects, or projects with input/output, this is how it goes:
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+1. `# Start of script` (line)
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+2. Comment with the program output
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+3. Normal programming language headers and imports (`#include`, `int main()`, `etc`)
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+4. An output statement with the same output as 1 (above)
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+5. Exit condition output input (ie: `noMore = input("Press [ENTER] key to quit")` )
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+6. Quit string for when any input is given, that stays on the screen until the window closes (usually: `print("The program has now been closed. If the window is still open, try pressing the close button. If this doesn't work, end the process/task with a task manager/process manager")` )
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+7. Commented file info
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+8. `# End of script` (line)
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+For languages that let you title the program (such as Eiffel, FORTRAN, BASIC, and many others) the program name is usually written as `projectLanguageFile`, `languageFile`, or something else that is similar, as follows:
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+1. `// Start of script` (line)
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+2. Comment with the program output
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+3. Normal programming language headers and imports (`#include`, `int main()`, `etc`)
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+4. Program name (`appName = "projectLanguageFile"`)
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+5. An output statement with the same output as 1 (above)
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+6. Commented file info
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+7. `// End of script` (line)
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+The syntax is written differently depending on the programming language, but it always follows this order.
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+The comment for a project language file is usually related to a pun or something related to the name of the project, or what the project is mostly written in. Some examples being:
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+> The Tiny Tower image repo is written in **Eiffel**, as it is the only programming language I know based off a tower (like the **Eiffel** tower)
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+> My battery image repository is written in **Assembly**, as batteries typically require **assembly**.
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+> My mountain image repository is written in **C**, as I can **C** (see) the mountain from my house
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+> My AdVenture Capitalist image repository is written in **C++**, as **C++** has classes, capitalism also has economic classes. In reverse, my AdVenture Communist image repository is written in **C**, as **C** was originally a classless language, and Communism doesn't have economical classes.
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+However, sometimes I can't come up with a pun. Some exceptions have been made for this:
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+> Projects related to a farm or ranch are normally written in **Vala**.
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+> Projects that are for something I don't like too much are written in languages I don't like that much, such as **Go** (2009 language by Google)
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+This is all the info you need to know about the project language file system by Sean Patrick Myrick (seanpm2001)
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+***
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+## File info
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+File type: `Markdown (*.md)`
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+File version: `1 (Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 at pm)`
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+***