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https://github.com/susisu/grasspiler
Untyped lambda calculus to Grass compiler
https://github.com/susisu/grasspiler
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Untyped lambda calculus to Grass compiler
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/susisu/grasspiler
- Owner: susisu
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-06-09T03:29:50.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-01-13T08:13:19.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-06T09:46:03.697Z (20 days ago)
- Topics: esolang, grass, javascript, lambda-calculus
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 30.3 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Grasspiler
[Untyped lambda calculus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus) to [Grass](http://www.blue.sky.or.jp/grass/) compiler.
Grass is an esoteric language based on the untyped lambda calculus, and its program is written by using only three characters: `w`, `W`, and `v`.
## Install
``` shell
npm i -g @susisu/grasspiler
```
## Usage
``` shell
grasspile -o
```
For more information about the CLI, see `grasspile -h`.
### Source language spec
The source language is (of course) based on the untyped lambda calculus, and has a simple ML-like syntax.
The syntax is defined as below (though this is very informal and incomplete):
```
::= +
::= let + =
::= variable
application
λ+. lambda abstraction
let + = in local binding
```
A lambda abstraction can be written in several kinds of notation, and also mixture of them.
``` ml
(* lambda calculus-like *)
let S = λx y z. x z (y z)
(* ML-like *)
let S = fun x y z -> x z (y z)
(* Haskell-like *)
let S = \x y z -> x z (y z)
(* mixture of something *)
let S = fun x y z => x z (y z)
(* Of course you can also write it like this *)
let S x y z = x z (y z)
```
The primitives `Out`, `Succ`, `w` and `In` are exposed to the environment,
and the value defined at the end of the source program is called by the Grass VM with itself as an argument.
### Example
Here is a simple program, which takes a character as input, and output it repeatedly.
``` ml
(* fixed-point operator *)
let fix = fun f ->
(fun x -> f (fun y -> x x y))
(fun x -> f (fun y -> x x y))
(* infinite loop *)
let loop = fix (fun loop c ->
let _ = Out c in
loop c
)
let main _ = loop (In w)
```
Save this source program as `resonance.ml` (it is not an ML program, though) and compile it with `grasspile`.
``` shell
$ grasspile resonance.ml -o resonance.w
$ cat resonance.w
wwWWwwWwwvwwWWWwWWWwvwWWwWWWwwWwwvwwWWWWWWwWWWwwvWWwvwWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwWWWw
```
Then you can run the compiled program with a Grass compiler/interpreter (for instance, [Grass-JS](https://github.com/susisu/Grass-JS)).
``` shell
$ grass resonance.w
A
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
```
Stop it if you are satisfied.
## License
[MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
## Author
Susisu ([GitHub](https://github.com/susisu), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/susisu2413))