specter

SimPlE CompuTER - A Little Man Computer written in Python 3

Usage

Command Line

• ./specter.py -c
• Type in filename (or use -f command line flag)
• Have fun!

GUI

• ./specter.py
• Select file
• Press Run
• Press Run to Halt
• Have fun!
• When the input field is "selected", type in a integer value between -500 and 499 and press Submit or press Enter.

Examples

Included examples (in the examples folder), sorted by relative complexity into three catagories:

• Easy
  • add.lmc - Add two numbers
  • echo.lmc - Echos user input until the input == 0
  • infinite.lmc - Prints 1 for ever
  • sub.lmc - Subtract two numbers
• Medium
  • counter.lmc - Counts down from the users input
  • divide.lmc - Divide two numbers
  • multiply.lmc - Multiply two numbers
  • square.lmc - Squares input until input == 0
• Hard
  • fib.lmc - Little man's Fibonacci, a traditional challenge
  • test.lmc - A self-test

Advanced Usage

See the wiki for documentation, issues for bug reporting / feature requests and pull requests for contributing code.

Licence

GPL 3 or later

More Information

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_man_computer - specter follows the instruction set as far as possible
• https://github.com/matsjoyce/specter/wiki - documentation