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Und grau mann

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Und grau mann is a joke language created by User:OfficialWatchOS7Alt. Its name is German for “and gray man”.

Commands

Und grau mann’s commands need to be by themselves, or the interpreter would return the error “Nicht”. The syntax error, however, is “Nichts”.

  • und "str": Print a string “str”.
  • und grau "str": Wait for user input with optional prompt “str”; the special variable “der grau mann” returns the input, which is enclosed in square brackets. Exception of the rule saying that commands need to be by themselves.
  • und grau mann: Truth machine.
  • und grauer mann: Quine.
  • und grauer "": Comment. Span across multiple lines to form multiline comments.

Programs

Hello, World! program

und "Hello, World!"

Cat program

und grau
und [der grau mann]

Quine

und grauer mann

Truth machine

und grau mann

Comment

und grauer "This is a comment."

Multiline comment

und grauer
"
This is a
multiline comment.
"