Getting Started

This page assumes you’ve already installed Tulpar — if not, head to Installation for the one-line installer.

Try it in the browser

You can play with Tulpar directly in this page. Edit the snippet below and hit Run — no installation required:

Your First Program

Çalıştır

// Hello World with UTF-8 support str greeting = "Merhaba Dünya!"; print(greeting); // Function definition func square(int n) { return n * n; } // Usage int result = square(5); print("5'in karesi:", result);

Run a file locally

Save the program to a file named hello.tpr, then run it from any terminal — tulpar is on your PATH after installation:

tulpar hello.tpr

The default tulpar <file> invocation AOT-compiles via LLVM and runs the resulting native binary. For instant startup at the cost of a small runtime overhead, use the bytecode VM instead:

tulpar --vm hello.tpr

To produce a standalone native executable you can ship without the Tulpar toolchain:

tulpar build hello.tpr        # → ./hello (or hello.exe on Windows)

Interactive REPL

Tulpar also has a Read-Eval-Print Loop. Run the binary with no arguments to start it:

tulpar --repl

Type expressions or statements and see results immediately. Use Ctrl+D (Linux/macOS) or Ctrl+Z (Windows) to exit.

Where to go next

• Syntax & Variables — types, literals, operators.
• Control Flow — if, while, for.
• Functions — definition, recursion, return.
• Examples — runnable sample programs.