C/C++: Creating an alternative syntax

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

Albert Einstein

Today, for the first time, I will be posting about something not related to TBS. I'll be showing you how to use macros in C or C++ to create an alternative syntax. This can be fun if you like inventing new syntaxes but you don't want to write a complex compiler or interpreter.

Actually, it's really simple. All we need is one header file that contains some macros. For example, I quickly wrote the following for this tutorial:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

#define SHOW cout
#define ME <<
#define DA <<
#define GIMME cin
#define UR >>

#define SAM3 const
#define UESLES void
#define INTAGER int
#define TXT string

#define MANE main

#define BTW (
#define THX )
#define NVM )

#define TY ;
#define K ;

#define BRB {
#define BAK }

#define EMPTY ""
#define NUL 0
#define NAWLIEN endl
#define IZ =

This was written in C++ and it also includes some STL files. I saved this as "syntax.h" and then wrote the following:

#include "syntax.h"
UESLES GR33T BTW TXT MESAEG THX BRB
SHOW ME MESAEG TY
SHOW ME "!" TY
SHOW ME NAWLIEN K
BAK

INTAGER MANE BTW NVM BRB
GR33T BTW "H3LO WORLD" THX TY
TXT N4ME IZ EMPTY TY
SHOW ME "WUTS UR N4ME? " TY
GIMME UR N4ME K
SHOW ME "W0W UR N4ME IZ " DA N4ME TY
SHOW ME NAWLIEN TY
BAK

That really is all it takes. The syntax I created looks similar to the LOLCODE syntax(but is not at all an exact copy). Make sure to comment if you have any questions or simply to show your own syntax.