mocha-interpreter

README

Mocha-Interpreter

An interpreter language written in go

Mocha is a programming language that is implmented with Go.

Currently Work In Progress.

Mocha has/is planned to have the following features:

• C-like syntax
• Variable bindings
• Integers and booleans
• Arithmetic expressions
• Built-in functions
• First-class and higher-order functions
• Closures
• A string data structure
• An array data structure
• A hash data structure
• Attach line number, column number and filename to a token
• Support full unicode range
• Allow ! in identifiers and keywords
• Support Floats / Hex Notation / Octal Notation
• Comparators e.g. AND OR NOT
• Add instant web server
• Add .mocha file extension support
• If statements
• Else statements
• Elif statements
• Arrays
• Array Literals
• For loop
• Do while loop
• Switch case statements
• Postfix operators (e.g. ++)
• Built-in library
• True integer division support
• Hash Map/Dictionary
• Automatic formatting of custom user files on run

To run the IDE do...

go run main.go

Else to load a programming file do...

go run main.go test.mocha

Replace test.mocha with your created file and place it within the src folder

#Built In Functions

Output to console

consoleOut("String or variable");

Arrays

first(); - Get the first element of array
last(); - Get the last element of array
rest(); - Get all elements of an array excluding the first element
push('String or Integer', Array); - Append an element to the end of an array
sort(); - Sorts an array in decending order

Math Statements

add(); - Add multiple integers together

random(int1, int2); - Returns a random INT between the two INT arguments

help(); - Displays help commands

exit(); - Exits the program safely