PUA Language: Turning PPT Jargon into a Playful Programming Language

Overview

PUA Language is a satirical programming language that replaces conventional keywords with Chinese corporate buzzwords. It is built by forking the Rust implementation of the Monkey interpreter ( rs‑monkey‑lang) from the book “Writing an Interpreter in Go”.

Keyword Mapping

if

→ 细分 (“specialization”) else → 路径 (“pathway”) while → 闭环 (“closed loop”) true → 三七五 (“3.75”, a passing performance‑evaluation result) false → 三二五 (“3.25”, a failing performance‑evaluation result) let → 赋能 (“enable”) fn → 抓手 (“handle”) return → 反哺 (“repay”) Array → 组合拳 (“combo move”) Hash → 载体 (“carrier”) = → 对齐 (“align”) + → 联动 (“linkage”) - → 差异 (“difference”) / → 倾斜 (“tilt”) puts → 输出 (“output”) quit → 淘汰 (“eliminate”)

Example: Recursive Fibonacci

A recursive Fibonacci function can be expressed with the above keywords as follows:

赋能 fib = 抓手(n) {
    细分 n < 2 {
        反哺 n;
    } 路径 {
        反哺 (fib( n 差异 1 )) 联动 (fib( n 差异 2 ));
    }
}
输出 fib(10);

The program runs on the interpreter and produces the expected Fibonacci numbers.

Implementation Details

The interpreter is written in Rust and extends the rs‑monkey‑lang codebase. It supports basic language constructs—variables, functions, conditionals, loops, arithmetic operators, arrays, and hashes—using the mapped buzzword tokens.

Repository

Source code: https://github.com/flaneur2020/pua-lang

Online WebAssembly interpreter: https://flaneur2020.github.io/pua-lang/

Current Status

The project is in an early development stage, offering core language features. It has attracted over 1.7 k stars on GitHub, and the community has proposed additional features and licensing adjustments.