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## Progress
- 2022-04-29 : Implementation of a basic evaluator engine to evaluate arithmetic expressions and call functions
- 2022-04-29 Implementation of a basic evaluator engine to evaluate arithmetic expressions and call functions
- 2022-05-15 Clear progress being able to use simple while and if though thre are many glitches
ToDo List:
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- [X] read line comments
- [ ] add modulus operator '%'
- [ ] implement input_number()
- [ ] base of the CLI
- [X] base of the CLI
- [ ] evaluate expression from stdin
- [ ] read a file
- [ ] if statements
- [ ] while statements (with break)
- [X] read a file
- [X] if statements
- [ ] while statements (with break and continue)
- [ ] add functions support
- [ ] add config header file
- [ ] ability to modify keywords and customize the lang
- [ ] add strings support
- [ ] add list support
- [ ] add static string support (just for ui)
- [ ] add print_string function
- [ ] add basic number list support
- [ ] add fully features strings support
- [ ] add [classic problem solving](https://rosettacode.org) with code examples
## Installation
You will need to compile the code from source.
- Clone this repository
- Then compile (eg. with `make`)
I use GNU Make with GCC, but I'm sure you can use any C compilers though you may need to edit some part of the code to cope with other compilers (eg. binary constants).
## The language
You would be able to use the lang directly via CLI, via a REPL or by writing in a file (file ext `.ltor`).
To begin with and order to simplify things we would only have numbers as datatypes (so an abstraction with int or float under the hood).
One instruction set per line.
### Comments
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# this is a comment
```
### Data types
To begin with and order to simplify things we would only have numbers as datatypes.
When a variable is declared it can be 32 bit integer or 32 bit float.
The language may support strings literals in the future.
### Expression evaluation
can only operate on integer
function calls: func(arg_a, arg_b)
operators: +, *, /, ^
operators: +, *, /, ^, %, =, <, >, &, |, !
### Set a variable
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set {VARNAME} to {EXPRESSION}
```
### Eval an expression without using the result
### Evaluate an expression without using the result
```
eval print_number(42)
print_number(42)
```
### function definition
```
function {NAME}
begin
...
function {NAME} do
...
end
```
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```
if {EXPRESSION} then
begin
...
end
```
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```
while {EXPRESSION} do
begin
...
end
```
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### Unconditional loop
```
repeat {EXPRESSION THAT EVALUATE TO INT}
begin
repeat {INT EXPRESSION} do
...
end
```
```
repeat i from {INT EXPRESSION} to {INT EXPRESSION} do
...
end
```
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print_number(data)
input_number()
random_int(min, max)
random_float(min, max)
```
# Evaluator (draft)