Ignition, the Esoteric Programming language
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Am I right when I call this useless?
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  • Ignition, the Esoteric Programming language
  • 01 Apr 2014 01:33:45 pm
  • Last edited by Luxen on 07 Apr 2014 03:54:47 pm; edited 1 time in total
So, some time ago I was asked to simplify TI-Basic by a lazy classmate, who didnt want to learn TI-Basic.

A Freind at school wrote:
"I Find that TI-Basic is too much work to understand. could you make something that would write code and run it, for me?"


so I made Ignition, which is an ugly-@$%& interpreted programming language. I have included the project in the dropbox link here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107246250/IGNITION.8xg

essentially, this nasty peice of work isnt like many other programming languages. EVERYTHING is data. simply when data is recognised as a key, then execution occurs. only when data has a label in front of it can it be accessed.

these are the commands, with the closest definition following:

Code:
:
-)Creates a label. follows BATCH type. ex: ":LABEL"

Jump x
-)Causes the interpreter to find the first label with the text x, and continues execution there.

Comp
-)Compares Var1 to Var2. if false, the following line is skipped.

Load Var#,x
-)Stores the value after label x to Var#

Save Var#,x
-)Stores the value in Var# to the line after label x
-))Not implemented into the TI-Basic interpreter yet.

Swap Var#,Var#
-)Saves the data from the first Var# to the second Var#

Clear
-)Clears all text on the screen

Print
-)Prints the data in Var1

Input
-)Gets a string and stores it to Var1

Rand x
-)creates a random number from 0 to x

Quit
-)Ends program execution. in the TI-Basic interpreter, this is often neccesary.

Math x
-)performs operator x (+,-,/,*) to Var1 and Var2, storing the contents in Var1.

igni
-)more a header to make sure the interpreter doesnt attempt to run bad code.

name:x
-)supposed to be the name of your program, to get around TIOS shortnames, but since the program is in a string, it doesnt do anything. also, isnt neccesary for the interpreter.

type:x
-)supposed to be the type of your program. i often call mine "Game", "Utility", or "Other".
I hope I got all of them. I may have forgotten one or two.

One extra note. To do anything, you have to load the data from your program into Var1, Var2, or Var3.

Example programs:
Hello World:

Code:

igni
name:HiWorld
type:other
:Start
Load Var1,String1
Print
Quit

:String1
Hello World!
:EOF
Quit

Random Number Guessing Game:

Code:

igni
name:Guess my number
type:game
:Start
Clear
Rand 10
Swap Var1,Var2

:Game
Load Var1,message1
Print
Load Var2,message2
Print
Input
Comp
Jump Win
Load Var1,msgLose
Print
Jump Game

:Win
Load Var1,msgWin
Print
Quit

:message1
Guess my number
:message2
any, 1-10
:msgLose
Try Again
:msgWin
You guessed right!
:EOF
Quit


Slightly optimized Random Number Guessing Game

Code:

igni
name:Guess my number
type:game
:Start
Guess my number
Clear
Rand 10
Swap Var1,Var2

:Game
any, 1-10
Load Var1,Start
Print
Load Var2,Game
Print
Input
Comp
Jump Win
Load Var1,EOF
Print
Jump Game

:Win
You guessed right!
Load Var1,Win
Print
Quit

:EOF
Try Again
Quit


As you can see, I dont think this language would be any use to anyone. ever. its horribly made, and cant do squat. it isnt even similar to any languages I have heard of (if you can prove me wrong, ill laugh, and likely puke, too). so,its mainly as a joke.

however, when spud needed a weak language to run for his userscript (Forum Here), immediately my mind drifted to Ignition, and so I have reawakened it. who knows, I may even work on an Asm-based interpreter for it, so execution is at least faster.

If anyone can find a use for this, go ahead and post.
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Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to work with this syntax but I can try to make a really simple interpreter in javascript. It probably wont come out looking great but I think I might be able to get it to work
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. -confucius

That actually sort of resembles ASM code.

Technically, all interpreted programming languages can be thought of as data (to the interpreter). Wink
Travis wrote:
That actually sort of resembles ASM code.

I did pull some inspiration for the commands from ASM, but they don't behave entirely similar.

Travis wrote:
Technically, all interpreted programming languages can be thought of as data (to the interpreter).

understandable, though I meant it more in the sense that unrecognized stuff is ignored, instead of causing a crash.
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to help spud with his project, i am going to put in psuedocode how the engine operates.

Code:

Grab first 4 tokens of the program (in this case, the string)
If *grabbed-tokens* != Igni
{
    Display Error "Wrong file type"
    End Engine Execution
}
While *Current-Line-position* << the length of the string
{
    Increment *Current-Line-position* to the next '
    Increment *Next-line-position* to the next ' after the *Current-Line-Position*
    Retreive the contents in between *Current-Line-Position* and *Next-Line-position*
   
    If *Contents* == %Insert Basic Keywords Here%
    Call %some Function%
        //this checks for basic stuff, like Clear and Input.
   
    If First-4-Tokens(*Contents*) == %Insert Keywords Here%
    Parse remaining arguments and store somewhere for function to access
    Call %some Function%
}



As it is in TI-Basic right now, any time you hit a Call, just replace it with "Then:%%%Some code that was to be called%%%:End".
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A bad language? Get this language on esolangs.org!

...

I especially like how labels are used for basically everything and how difficult math operations are.
I don't see how basic math is difficult. just store one number in Var2 and another into Var1, and execute a "Math <operator that is +,-,*,or />". your answer is stored to Var1. you can use Var3 as a backup to Var1 if you think that you will need the first number back.

If your talking about advanced mathematics, then I understand, since you must hand-solve everything. maybe I could fix that after I write the z80 implementation.

Edit: request accepted. you can find Ignition on Esolang.org
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