Introduction

Introduction

NXL is an experimental programming language designed to keep the simplicity of Python while introducing a more familiar C/Java/Rust-style syntax.

The defining syntax difference is:

if age >= 18 {
    print("Adult")
}

NXL uses {} to define blocks instead of indentation.

The compiler and runtime are being built from scratch in Rust.

Why NXL?

NXL started with a simple idea:

What if Python had a simple syntax but used {} instead of indentation?

For comparison, Python uses indentation:

if age >= 18:
    print("Adult")
else:
    print("Minor")

NXL uses braces:

if age >= 18 {
    print("Adult")
} else {
    print("Minor")
}

The goal isn’t to simply clone Python. NXL is an experiment in understanding how programming languages work while designing a language with its own syntax, runtime, and eventually its own ecosystem.