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# PlanckForth: Bootstrapping an Interpreter from Handwritten 1KB Binary
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This project aims to bootstrap a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny (1KB) ELF binary.
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This is just for fun. No practical use.
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## How to build
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Only `xxd` is needed to build PlanckForth.
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```
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$ git clone https://github.com/nineties/planckforth.git
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$ cd planckforth
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$ make
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xxd -r -c 8 planck.xxd > planck
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chmod +x planck
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```
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Implementations in other languages are in `others`.
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## Hello World
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The hello world program at the beginning looks like this.
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```
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$ ./planck
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kHtketkltkltkotk tkWtkotkrtkltkdtk!tk:k0-tQ
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```
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After bootstrapping by `bootstrap.fs`, it looks like this.
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```
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$ ./planck < bootstrap.fs
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." Hello World!" cr
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```
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`bootstrap.fs` can also take a file as an input program like this.
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```
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$ cat example/fib.fs
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: fib dup 2 < unless 1- dup recurse swap 1- recurse + then ;
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20 fib . cr
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$ ./planck < bootstrap.fs example/fib.fs
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6765
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```
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# Running Tests
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```
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$ make test
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```
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# Builtin Words
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| code | name | stack effect | semantics |
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|:----:|:----------|:----------------|:----------------------------------------|
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| Q | quit | ( n -- ) | Exit the process |
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| C | cell | ( -- n ) | The size of Cells |
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| h | &here | ( -- a-addr ) | The address of 'here' cell |
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| l | &latest | ( -- a-addr ) | The address of 'latest' cell |
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| k | key | ( -- c ) | Read character |
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| t | type | ( c -- ) | Print character |
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| j | jump | ( -- ) | Unconditional branch |
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| J | 0jump | ( n -- ) | Jump if a == 0 |
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| f | find | ( c -- xt ) | Get execution token of c |
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| x | execute | ( xt -- ... ) | Run the execution token |
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| @ | fetch | ( a-addr -- w ) | Load value from addr |
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| ! | store | ( w a-addr -- ) | Store value to addr |
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| ? | cfetch | ( c-addr -- c ) | Load byte from addr with sign extension |
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| $ | cstore | ( c c-addr -- ) | Store byte to addr |
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| d | dfetch | ( -- a-addr ) | Get data stack pointer |
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| D | dstore | ( a-addr -- ) | Set data stack pointer |
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| r | rfetch | ( -- a-addr ) | Get return stack pointer |
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| R | rstore | ( a-addr -- ) | Set return stack pointer |
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| i | docol | ( -- a-addr ) | Get the code pointer of interpreter |
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| e | exit | ( -- ) | Exit current function |
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| L | lit | ( -- n ) | Load immediate |
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| S | litstring | ( -- c-addr ) | Load string literal |
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| + | add | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a + b) |
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| - | sub | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a - b) |
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| * | mul | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a * b) |
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| / | divmod | ( a b -- c d ) | c = (a mod b), d = (a / b) |
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| & | and | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a & b) |
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| \| | or | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a \| b) |
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| ^ | xor | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a ^ b) |
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| < | less | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a < b) |
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| u | uless | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a unsigned< b) |
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| = | equal | ( a b -- c ) | c = (a == b) |
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| ( | shl | ( a b -- c ) | c = a << b (logical) |
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| ) | shr | ( a b -- c ) | c = a >> b (logical) |
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| % | sar | ( a b -- c ) | c = a >> b (arithmetic) |
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| v | argv | ( -- a-addr u ) | argv and argc |
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| V | version | ( -- c-addr ) | Runtime infomation string |
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# Binary Layout
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# Implementations
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| Implementation of runtime | build | test status |
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|:----------------------------------|:------------------|:------------|
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| Handwritten ELF binary for i386-linux | `make` | [](https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/actions?query=workflow:i386-linux-handwritten) |
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| C | `make c` | [](https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/actions?query=workflow:C) |
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| Python 3.x | `make python` | [](https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/actions?query=workflow:python) |
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# Benchmarks
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See [Wiki/Benchmarks](https://github.com/nineties/planckforth/wiki/Benchmarks)
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