Python with braces. Because python is awesome, but whitespace is awful.

Bython is a python preprosessor which translates curly brackets into indentation.

• "Forget" about indentaition. You should still write beautiful code, but if you mess up with tabs/spaces, or copy one piece of code to another that uses a different indentation style, it won't break.

• Runs on python, that means that all of your existing modules, like NumPy and Matplotlib still works.

def print_message(num_of_times) {
    for i in range(num_of_times) {
        print("bython is awesome!");
    }
}

if __name__ == "__main__" {
    print_message(10);
}

Bython works by first translating bython-files (suggested file ending: .by) into python-files, and then using python to run them. You therefore need a working installation of python for bython to work.

To run a bython program, simply type

> bython source.by arg1 arg2 ...

to run source.by with arg1, arg2, ... as command line arguments. If you want more details on how to run bython files (flags, etc), type

> bython -h

to print the built-in help page. You can also consult the man page by typing

> man bython

Bython also includes a translator from python to bython. This is found via the py2by command:

> py2by test.py

This will create a bython file called test.by. A full explanation of py2by, is found by typing

> py2by -h

or by consulting the man page:

> man py2by

Bython is currently only developed for Unix-like OS's. To install simply open a terminal, move to a suited directory (like Downloads), and type

> git clone https://github.com/mathialo/bython.git
> cd bython
> sudo make install

This will copy the executables to "/usr/local/bython" and create a symbolic link in "/usr/local/bin" so that bython is available from the shell. To uninstall, simply run

> sudo make uninstall

which will undo all the changes.

Bython will automatically install itself to "/usr/local/bython/". If you for some reason want to change this, open the Makefile in the top directory and change the line (no 1):

INSTALL_DIR = /usr/local/bython/

to be whereever you want. The file copying and link creation will now use your new directory.