RUNE

RUNE (Runtime Unicode Numeric Evaluation) is a tiny tree-walking esolang where every value becomes a number and reality depends on a chaos threshold.

Strings collapse to the sum of their Unicode code points. Comparisons return 1 or 0, while @chaos sets the minimum positive value that a conditional considers true:

@chaos 1
if ("dog" > "cat")
1
else
0
end

@chaos 500
if ("dog" > "cat")
1
else
0
end

The comparison is true both times, but 1 stops being truthy when the chaos threshold reaches 500.

Run it

RUNE requires Python 3.12 or newer.

scripts/setup.sh
.venv/bin/python src/rune.py test.rune

Start the terminal REPL with .venv/bin/python src/rune.py --repl, or launch the web REPL with:

scripts/run-web.sh

Then open http://127.0.0.1:8000/.

Run the test suite with scripts/test.sh. Extra arguments are passed to pytest, so scripts/test.sh -k isolation works too.

Deployment

The VPS deployment uses Uvicorn behind Caddy and systemd. See the deployment guide for initial setup and updates.