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MontiLang

An imperative stack-based programming language developed in python.

About

Monti is a stack-based language revolving around imperative commands to manipulate the stack.

Current State

Some of the features that are currently implemented are as follows:

• Multiple Data types and type conversion
• Common operators (+, -, *, %, /, etc.)
• Multi line comments
• Nested loops and statements (FOR, WHILE, IF)
• Stack manipulation commands (SWAP, ROT, NIP, POP, DUP, TRIM)
• Equality, inequality and other operators (==, >, <=, etc.)
• User input
• Integer and string manipulation
• User defined commands
• And/Or/Not statements
• Preprocessor statements and C++ style constants with &DEFINE commands
• Support for Multiple files with &INCLUDE commands
• Arrays

The following will be coming soon:

• Additional data types and operators

Installation

The simplest way to use MontiLang is to download the binaries from the Releases page. Alternatively, you can download and build from the source code with the instructions below.

The easiest way to compile and use Monti is through the python package 'Pyinstaller'. Install Pyinstaller from PyPi and download the MontiLang source code.

Note: It is recomended that you build from source, as it is very easy, and gives full access to newer features that have not been added to release yet.

On windows:

install mysysgit, or download source files directly.

python -m pip install pyinstaller
git clone https://github.com/lduck11007/MontiLang.git
cd MontiLang/src
pyinstaller --icon=../icon.ico main.py -n monti
SETX /M path "%path%;C:\[path_to_directory]\MontiLang\src\dist\monti"

On Linux:

use pip, or the built-in package manager for your distro to install pyinstaller. If this does not work, install from the Pyinstaller releases and run setup.py, or run straight from the source code from pyinstaller.py.

git clone https://github.com/lduck11007/MontiLang.git
cd /MontiLang/src
pyinstaller icon=../icon.ico main.py -n monti
PATH=/path/to/location:$PATH

Usage:

To interpret a Monti file, use

monti [file] <optional flags>

If no file is specified, Monti will launch into an interactive shell

Including the the -c flag will cause the program to not run, but will preprocess and print the source code as it is read by the interpreter

Examples

Example program that takes an input as a number, and prints that far into the Fibonacci sequence.

    /# Test Fibonacci program #/
    |Enter length of sequence: | INPUT NIP VAR loop .

    0 VAR a .
    1 VAR b .

    FOR loop
        a b + VAR c .
        a PRINT .
        b VAR a .
        c VAR b .
    ENDFOR

FizzBuzz: Program that loops through numbers 1-100, prints 'fizz' if it is a multiple of 3, 'buzz' if a multiple of 5, and 'fizzbuzz' if both.

    &DEFINE LOOP 100&
    1 VAR i .

    FOR LOOP
        || VAR ln .
        i 5 % 0 == 
        IF : .
            ln |Buzz| + VAR ln .
        ENDIF
        i 3 % 0 ==
        IF : .
            ln |Fizz| + VAR ln .
        ENDIF
        ln || ==
        IF : .
            i PRINT .
        ENDIF
        ln || !=
        IF : .
            ln PRINT .
        ENDIF
    i 1 + VAR i .
    ENDFOR

See the Documentation.mt file in /examples for a more detailed explanation of language features.

Help contribute to MontiLang, add examples on rosettacode at https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:MontiLang

Extras

Why MontiLang is better than Python

Better floating point accuracy

Python:

>>>0.1 + 0.2
0.30000000000000004

MontiLang:

>>>0.1 0.2 + PRINT .
0.3

Easier use of system commands

Python:

from os import system
command = raw_input()
system(command)

MontiLang:

INPUT CMD

Automatic int/float conversion

Python:

>>>print 1 / 2
0
# Or:
>>>from __future__ import division
>>>print 1 / 2
0.5

MontiLang:

>>>1 2 / PRINT .
0.5