1
0
mirror of https://github.com/catseye/SixtyPical.git synced 2024-11-26 14:49:15 +00:00
SixtyPical/README.markdown

60 lines
1.8 KiB
Markdown

SixtyPical
==========
SixtyPical is a very low-level programming language, similar to 6502 assembly,
with static analysis through abstract interpretation.
In practice, this means it catches things like
* you forgot to clear carry before adding something to the accumulator
* a subroutine that you call trashes a register you thought was preserved
and suchlike.
It is a **work in progress**, currently at the **proof-of-concept** stage.
The current released version of SixtyPical is 0.5. The current development
version of SixtyPical, unreleased as of this writing, is 0.6-PRE.
Documentation
-------------
* Design Goals — coming soon.
* [SixtyPical specification](doc/SixtyPical.md)
* [SixtyPical history](HISTORY.md)
* [Literate test suite for SixtyPical syntax](tests/SixtyPical Syntax.md)
* [Literate test suite for SixtyPical execution](tests/SixtyPical Execution.md)
* [Literate test suite for SixtyPical analysis](tests/SixtyPical Analysis.md)
* [Literate test suite for SixtyPical compilation](tests/SixtyPical Compilation.md)
* [6502 Opcodes used/not used in SixtyPical](doc/6502 Opcodes.md)
TODO
----
For 0.6:
* `call` vector (generates an JSR to a trampoline that does indirect JMP.)
* `goto` (tail call) a a vector.
* add routine name to error messages.
* routines shouldn't need to be listed as inputs.
For 0.7:
* A more involved demo for the C64 — one that sets up an interrupt?
For 0.8:
* `word` type.
* `trash` instruction.
* zero-page memory locations.
* indirect addressing.
At some point...
* `interrupt` routines.
* 6502-mnemonic aliases (`sec`, `clc`)
* other handy aliases (`eq` for `z`, etc.)
* have `copy` instruction able to copy a constant to a user-def mem loc, etc.
* add absolute addressing in shl/shr, absolute-indexed for add, sub, etc.
* check and disallow recursion.