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Simple lisp interpreter in browser
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<!DOCTYPE html> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div> | |
<center> | |
<h3>Lisp.js</h3> | |
<h4>Use the browser console to try it out!</h4> | |
</center> | |
<pre style="margin-left: 44%;"> | |
let env = baseEnv(); | |
let code = ['+', 1, 2]; | |
lispEval(code, env); | |
</pre> | |
</div> | |
<script type="text/javascript"> | |
let parentEnvKey = '__parent_env__'; | |
function getTopLevel(env) { | |
if(parentEnvKey in env) | |
return getTopLevel(env[parentEnvKey]); | |
return env; | |
} | |
function lookup(env, symbol) { | |
if(symbol in env) | |
return env[symbol]; | |
if(parentEnvKey in env) | |
return lookup(env[parentEnvKey], symbol); | |
throw 'symbol ' +symbol+ ' is not defined!'; | |
} | |
function makeFunction(params, body, env) { | |
let fn_internals = { | |
params: params, | |
body: body, | |
env: env | |
}; | |
return function(...args) { | |
return lispApply(fn_internals, args); | |
} | |
} | |
function zipmap(keys, vals) { | |
var result = {}; | |
keys.forEach((key, i) => { | |
result[key] = vals[i]; | |
}); | |
return result; | |
} | |
function lispApply(fn, args) { | |
let fnEnv = zipmap(fn.params, args); | |
fnEnv[parentEnvKey] = fn.env; | |
return lispEval(fn.body, fnEnv); | |
} | |
function lispEval(exp, env) { | |
if(typeof exp == 'number') { // numbers | |
return exp; | |
} else if(typeof exp == 'string') { // symbols | |
return lookup(env, exp); | |
} else if(Array.isArray(exp)) { // lists | |
let [operator, ...operands] = exp; | |
switch (operator) { | |
case 'do': | |
let ops = operands; | |
let ret = null; | |
for(let op of ops) { | |
ret = lispEval(op, env); | |
} | |
return ret; | |
case 'def': | |
let [symbol, exp] = operands; | |
let topLevelEnv = getTopLevel(env); | |
topLevelEnv[symbol] = lispEval(exp, env); | |
break; | |
case 'if': | |
let [testExp, thenExp, elseExp] = operands; | |
if(lispEval(testExp, env)) | |
return lispEval(thenExp, env); | |
return lispEval(elseExp, env); | |
case 'fn': | |
let [params, body] = operands; | |
return makeFunction(params, body, env); | |
case 'quote': | |
let [quoted] = operands; | |
return quoted; | |
case 'js*': | |
let [jsCode] = operands; | |
return eval(jsCode); | |
default: | |
let fn = lispEval(operator, env); | |
let args = operands.map((o) => lispEval(o, env)); | |
return fn(...args); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
function baseEnv() { | |
return { | |
'+' : (a, b) => a + b, | |
'-' : (a, b) => a - b, | |
'*' : (a, b) => a * b, | |
'/' : (a, b) => a / b, | |
'^' : (a, b) => Math.pow(a, b), | |
'=' : (a, b) => a === b, | |
'<' : (a, b) => a < b, | |
'>' : (a, b) => a > b, | |
'<=': (a, b) => a <= b, | |
'>=': (a, b) => a >= b, | |
'not': (a) => !a | |
}; | |
} | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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