I want to make a non-english programming language that is identical to what Coff

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I want to make a non-english programming language that is identical to what CoffeeScript is to JavaScript. What I mean is that I don't want to build my own design or syntax. Just want to have a non-english programming language that compiles to JavaScript. I want to follow everything CoffeeScript fellows so I don't really want to make any design decisions.

For example:

This is coffeescript:

number   = 42
opposite = true

number = -42 if opposite
I want my language to be something like:

??? = 42
??? = ????

??? = -42 ??? ???
that get compiled to:

var number, opposite;

number = 42;

opposite = true;

if (opposite) {
number = -42;
}

Explanation / Answer

Perform a simple, direct transliteration from the Arabic symbols to the English ones in CoffeeScript, and then run the result through the CoffeeScript compiler. Leave the remaining symbols unchanged.

That's by far the simplest and most reliable way to accomplish what you want, and probably the only way that doesn't require extended semantic analysis.

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