A simple programming language with a Kotlin-based interpreter built for an educational experience
A simple programming language with a Kotlin-based interpreter built for an educational experience.
Description
SBPL is a stack-oriented language that uses an interpreter coded in Kotlin. It is not intended as a serious language and I had no prior experience with Kotlin or making my own language before starting this project.
Development
At the moment SBPL can turn “normal” infix arithmetic expressions such as (3 + 4) * 2 into postfix expressions such as 3 4 + 2 *.
Instructions
Building
Clone the repo with the Git command:
git clone https://github.com/toggysmith/stack-based-programming-language
Build the SBPL interpreter with the Gradle command:
gradlew build
The SBPL interpreter sbpl.jar will be located in the build/libs directory.
Usage
Execute an SBPL file with the command:
java -jar sbpl main.sbpl
where main.sbpl is the name of the SBPL file.
Branches
The master branch provides stable versions of SBPL while most of development takes place on the develop branch.
This repository follows Vincent Driessen’s Git branching model.
The version numbers for the hotfix and release branches are based on the Semantic Versioning system.
License
SBPL is governed by The Unlicense.