L1VM - course 01

Hello world!

Here I want to start a little course about programming in my language Brackets. Here we go: “Hello world” in Brackets:

// hello.l1com
// Brackets - Hello world!
//
#include <intr.l1h>
(main func)
	(set int64 1 zero 0)
	(set int64 1 x 23)
	(set int64 1 y 42)
	(set int64 1 a 0)
	(set string 13 hello "Hello world!")
	// print string
	print_s (hello)
	print_n
	((x y *) a =)
	print_i (a)
	print_n
	exit (zero)
(funcend)

Here is the output:

$ l1vm prog/hello -q
Hello world!
966

So the string “hello” with the value “Hello world!” gets printed out. And the result of the calculation: “((x y *) a =)” is printed by “print_i (a)”.

The variables are declared by the “set” statement above.

if if+ else endif

Here is a program which uses the if and if+ statements. If you want to use “else” then you have to use “if+”!

// if-4.l1com
//
// if+, else, endif demo
(main func)
	(set int64 1 zero 0)
	(set int64 1 one 1)
	// change "x" and look at the output printed
	(set int64 1 x 6)
	//
	//
    (set int64 1 y 10)
	(set int64 1 z 5)
	(set int64 1 twen 20)
	(set int64 1 f 0)
	(set string s less_str "x < 10")
	(set string s more_str "x => 10")
	(set string s more_less_20_str " x <= 20")
	(set string s five_less_str " x <= 5")
	(set string s five_more_str " x > 5")
	// check if x is less or more ten
	// (optimize-if)
	(((x y <) f =) f if+)
		(6 less_str 0 0 intr0)
		(((x z <=) f =) f if+)
			(6 five_less_str 0 0 intr0)
		(else)
			(6 five_more_str 0 0 intr0)
		(endif)
	(else)
		(6 more_str 0 0 intr0)
		(((x twen <=) f =) f if)
			(6 more_less_20_str 0 0 intr0)
		(endif)
	(endif)
	(7 0 0 0 intr0)
	(255 0 0 0 intr0)
(funcend)

Note here: “(6 five_less_str 0 0 intr0)” is the print string interrupt. And the “(7 0 0 0 intr0)” means print a new line. In later programs I use “print_s” and “print_n” interrupt wrapper functions.

And here is the output:

$ l1vm prog/if-4 -q
x < 10 x > 5

Here we have some nested “if+” and “if” statements. They are comparisons to the “x” variable. Feel free to set “x” to a different value. And watch the output changes! Set the value of “x” to “11”:

$ l1vm prog/if-4 -q
x => 10 x <= 20

Update:
variable ranges
variable shortname

2: switch