Timid

VERSION 002 (idk how to version stuff)

A small programming language that has no reason to be

The third repo

RIP to the first one - got too messy
RIP to the second one - lasted 10 minutes before deletion

Timid is a (small?) language.
Why does it exist? I dunno.
Do I want it to exist? Maybe.
Can it become useful? Possibly.

Aim

To be able to quickly solve problems like tedious math homework in as little time as possible (as in runtime).
Also, to be able to compile once, and run anywhere using the Timid Runtime (like C# has its Common Language Runtime, or CLR) (what should I call it? TR? TIMIDR? TIRU?)

I NEED AN ICON OR LOGO HELP (see Development)

I NEED TESTERS THAT CAN FIND CRASHES (see Development)

What's new (no one asked)

• Remove REPL (for now because screw the REPL)
• Automatic code execution after compilation
• Fixed assignment expressions
• Added syntax to syntax.txt for people who don't know Timid
• Move some files around
• Add special assignment operators +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, ^=)
• Add makefile
• Add some more tests
• Add goto and labels: (still needs tweakin')
• Clean up command line interface, though it requires some more work
• Fix else if syntax
• Fix for statement in terms of leaving values on stack
• Expose null terminator string
• Fix floating point error for exponentiation (e.g. a ^ b)
• Added continue statement
• Optimize strings using string interning
• Added break statement
• Added forever loop construct
• Added 'test' programs ( idk what sort of tests to make. just try them. )
• Added for loops
• Reworked string encoding in .timb binary files
• Removal of semicolon delimitter - Now you do not need to terminate statements with semicolons

Features

• goto ( I love it )
• No semicolons (optional, they replace newlines)
• Arithmetic
• P R I N T I N G
• User input
• Simple types (int, float, bool, string, null)
• Block syntax and some scoping ({} to surround statements)
• Control flow (if, while, for, forever, break, continue)

Coming soon (or maybe never)

• More restriction on types
• Functions and lambdas (once I figure out how to represent them in bytecode)
• Classes and other OOP (going to be copypasted from Crafting Interpreters)
• Better error handling and static analysis (try and catch blocks, assertions |-, user-accesible exceptions)
• More tests
• More static analysis
• String functions (sorting, searching, slicing)
• Collections (array, tuple, dictionary, stack) (strings kind of work like a collection. You can index them like string[index])
• More IO stuffs (file reading, idk)
• Imports and exports
• Typing and type annotations (maybe add const keyword too)
• A comprehensive guide to Timid
• Coroutines
• Networking
• Graphics library (what to use??? OpenGL? SDL?)
• UTF-8 encoded strings

Quotes from the creator (me):

sex
doit
Quanlingling Dingle, Quandale Dingle, Dale Dingle, Quan Dingle, An Dingle

References

I copypasted from

• Crafting Interpreters - I'm too dumb
• CodePulse - How I got into programming
• Tsoding Daily's Porth - The decision to create bytecode
• A bunch of other people I've seen make languages 10000 times better

Installation

git clone https://github.com/mastersneeza/TimidTheThird

Running

Note

In order to run, you must have Python 3.10 or higher installed on your path

( I want to remove the dependency on Python in the future )

CURRENTLY, TIMID MAKES A FILE CALLED mai1.timb THAT IS STORED IN YOUR WORKING DIRECTORY. I WILL CHANGE THIS SOON.

Compile a file

$TimidTheThird~ python3 /Python/Timid.py -c path_to_file.timid

It will store the .timb file in the same directory as the .timid file

Compile and run a file

$TimidTheThird~ python3 /Python/Timid.py path_to_file.timid

Make VM

To compile the vm just run

make

Execute a file on the C VM

$TimidTheThird~ .\TimidRuntime path_to_file.timb

Example

Compile the goto.timid file:

$TimidTheThird~ python3 Python\Timid.py -c Tests\goto.timid

Running it:

$TimidTheThird~ .\TimidRuntime Tests\goto.timb

Development

Timid wants logo. Timid wants power.

I need testers.
Help.