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toy programming language, lispish and concise.
# werp.py :: toy programming language, lispish and concise.
tokenize = lambda chars: chars.replace('(', ' ( ').replace(')', ' ) ').split()
def read_from_tokens(tokens):
if len(tokens) == 0:
raise SyntaxError('Unexpected EOF')
token = tokens.pop(0)
if token == "(":
L = []
while tokens[0] != ')': L.append(read_from_tokens(tokens))
tokens.pop(0) # final ) pop
return L
elif token == ')': raise SyntaxError('unexpected `)`')
else: return atom(token)
def atom(token):
try: return int(token)
except ValueError:
try: return float(token)
except ValueError:
return Symbol(token)
parse = lambda program: read_from_tokens(tokenize(program))
Symbol = str
List = list
Number = (int, float)
Env = dict
def standard_env():
import math, operator as op
env = Env()
env.update(vars(math)) # sin, cos, etc.
env.update({
'+':op.add, '-':op.sub, '*':op.mul, '/':op.div,
'>':op.gt, '<':op.lt, '>=':op.ge, '<=':op.le, '==':op.eq,
'abs': abs,
'append': op.add,
'apply': apply,
'>>': lambda *x : x[-1],
'car': lambda x: x[0],
'cdr': lambda x: x[1:],
'cons': lambda x,y: [x] + y,
'eq?': op.is_,
'equal?': op.eq,
'length': len,
'list': lambda *x: list(x),
'list?': lambda x: isinstance(x, list),
'map': map,
'max': max,
'min': min,
'not': op.not_,
'null?': lambda x: x==[],
'number?': lambda x: isinstance(x, Number),
'procedure?':callable,
'space': ' ',
'round': round,
'symbol?': lambda x: isinstance(x, Symbol)
})
return env
global_env = standard_env()
def eval(x, env = global_env):
if isinstance(x, Symbol):
return env[x]
elif not isinstance(x, List):
return x
elif x[0] == '`' or x[0] == 'string':
(_, exp) = x
return exp
elif x[0] == 'if':
(_, test, _then, _else) = x
exp = (_then if eval(test, env) else _else)
return eval(exp, env)
elif x[0] == 'var':
(_, _var, exp) = x
env[_var] = eval(exp, env)
else:
proc = eval(x[0], env)
args = [eval(arg, env) for arg in x[1:]]
return proc(*args)
run = lambda prg: eval(parse(prg))
print run("(>> (var r 10) (* pi (* r r)))") # 314.159265359
print run("(if (> (* 11 11) 120) (* 7 6) (` oops))") # 42
print run("(>> (var h (` hello)) (var w (` world)) (+ h (+ space w)))") # hello world
print run("""
(>>
(var h (` hello))
(var w (` world))
(+ h (+ space w))
)
""") # hello world
print run("""
(>>
(var p 1)
(if (== p 1) (string yes) (string no))
)
""") # yes
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