WistfulC

A version of C that has seen better days...

Creators:

 

Usage

python3 wistfulc.py [FILE]

Alternatively, add this alias to your .bashrc:

alias wistful_c='python3 /<path to wistful-c>/wistfulc.py'

Substitutions

Statement	Translation
if only [LIB] were included...	#include LIB (at beginning of generated code)
if wishes were horses...	exit(0);
wish for [FORMAT], [VARS] upon a star	scanf(FORMAT, VARS);
wish [STR] upon a star	puts(STR);
if only [VAR] were [VALUE]...	VAR = VALUE;
if only I could return [VALUE]...	return VALUE; (VALUE is optional)
if [EXPR]...	if(EXPR) {
wait for [EXPR] to change...	while(EXPR) {
someday [EXPR]...	while(!(EXPR)) {
*sigh*	}
were	==
will be	==

When combined, these wistful and longing substitutions create depressing programs like this simple prime-checker:

if only <stdio.h> were included...
if only int n were 0...
wish "Please enter a number:" upon a star
wish for "%d", &n upon a star
if n < 1 were true...
    wish "Not a whole number" upon a star
    if wishes were horses...
*sigh*
if only int i were 2...
someday i will be n...
    if n % i were 0...
        wish "not prime" upon a star
        if wishes were horses...
    *sigh*
    if only i were i + 1...
*sigh*
wish "prime" upon a star
if wishes were horses...