README.md

Modernized Sisal Interpreter (MSInt)

Sisal with type inference and indent structuring!

Current status: early alpha (some programs work but test coverage is very low)

How does it look like

The main difference between ordinary Sisal and this version that is does not require types to be explicitly specified and uses indents instead of end function stuff:

  conv = f(m, a, n, x)
    for i in [1..n-m+1]
    returns array of for j in [1..m]
        returns sum of a[j] * x[i+j-1]

  main = f(m, cycles)
    let
      a = for i in [1.. m] returns array of i
      x = for i in [1.. m * cycles] returns array of i
    in
      conv( m, a, m * cycles, x )

Please read language overview if you want to know more.

A set of test programs with results is available here. More complex examples are here.

Supported constraints

• f (function)
• let in
• if elseif else
• for in
• for while
• for repeat
• arithmetics + - * / %

Standard reductions

• sum, product, array, stream, last, max, min

Deployment

to setup:

npm install

or

make setup

to run tests:

make test

to compile:

make compile

to run sisal program:

node ./build/sisal.js <program.sis>

to output computation graph in graphML format:

node ./build/sisal.js <program.sis> --graph

for example:

node ./build/sisal.js ./test/programs/if.sis --graph

Feedback

Please, feel free to create issue or make contribution to this software!