[DRAFT] Make an interpreter for this abomination

[Bytestorm5]

putting this here so there's a thread for it, it's not nearly done but if anyone wants to mess with it there's something

the current plan is to write the compiler in python and from there rewrite it in C or Rust, whichever is funnier at the moment
or maybe I'll leave it as python that might be cursed enough, idk

For the time travel the way I'm thinking things should work is that execution follows a "cursor", regardless of what timeline that cursor is in. This allows for somewhat deterministic time travel which is pretty cool

Cool git stuff:
Resolves #14

[Bytestorm5]

The idea with the whole Compinterpreter is to do things in the most convoluted way possible- I want to have it interpret some parts of the code and transpile other parts to another language (maybe multiple based on situation?). I'm kinda indecisive as to what language it should transpile to, I think Javascript is cursed enough to fit the bill but I'm not sure yet

[TodePond]

Best of luck to you! Please be careful out there

[Bytestorm5]

thanks, so far it hasn't been too crazy, though now that I'm getting to parsing it's gonna be interesting. Is it okay if I make a video on the whole process?
I figure it'd be pretty funny and may have some value in showing how to make tokenizers/parsers/etc. I know you have your own channel so I wanna make sure I'm not encroaching on anything you might have in the works

[MaxenceDC]

I'm curious to see how you're going to deal with that: AI

[TodePond]

@Bytestorm5 Of course! You should go for it, I'd love to see it :)

[labbo-lab]

I'm glad my time travel implementation is actually going to (sorta) become real

For the time travel the way I'm thinking things should work is that execution follows a "cursor", regardless of what timeline that cursor is in. This allows for somewhat deterministic time travel which is pretty cool

[Bytestorm5]

Just had a horrible idea inspired by #76 - we store const const const variables in a cloud database, making DreamBerd the first Always-Online Singleplayer language

[labbo-lab]

we do a small quantity of trolling

const const const delete Date()!

[Bytestorm5]

I have it so when the parser sees a sequence like: [attributes...] <name> = <unknown-identifier>! the unknown identifier is converted to a string

^, any unknown identifier is assumed to be a string

[Bytestorm5]

Btw @8ightfold do you want to be added to the GC for this or do you wanna do your own fully separate thing?

[gabrielchl]

fyi all, i've created the following discussion thread to track all efforts to implement DreamBerd:
Tracking: current efforts to implement DreamBerd #183
hopefully that'll make it easier for newcomers to find them :)
(especially as there could be more implementations created in the coming weeks)

[8ightfold]

@Bytestorm5 I'm down to join the GC, assuming it's disc my tag is 8ightfold

[Bytestorm5]

@Bytestorm5 I'm down to join the GC, assuming it's disc my tag is 8ightfold

Sent a friend req

[CoolCat467]

@Bytestorm5 Checking before make another PR to do it, would it be useful to add docstrings to everything?

[Bytestorm5]

@Bytestorm5 Checking before make another PR to do it, would it be useful to add docstrings to everything?

I mean it never hurts but rn the code is rather nebulous and a lot of things are subject to change, so I'd hate for you to make detailed docs only for them to be obsolete the next day (obv exaggerating the timeframe)

[Bytestorm5]

I only recently learned refactoring doesn't mean renaming a variable and having that change propagate through the whole project, I think it means splitting off parts of the project into different modules but I honestly have no clue rn

why do we need so many words anyway

[CoolCat467]

That is correct, refactoring is meant for attempting to fragment your code into different modules

[jonasbadstuebner]

It just came to my mind, that if you would waste enough time on this, until it actually works, you can scream reverse! and get all the time back, that you put in this thing...

Disclaimer

I don't actually think this is a waste of time. I would love to see this thing work.

[Bytestorm5]

While true I wouldn't be able to go back to non-reversed time so I'd be sealing my fate to be turned back into an embryo in due time. It's always important to exercise time-safety when using reverse

Speaking of, I can at least safely recoup any time past this point:

var var recoup_flag<Infinity> = 0!
if (recoup_flag !== 0) {
    reverse!!
}
io recoup_time() => {
    recoup_flag = 1!!
    reverse!
}

[3top1a]

Kinda thinking of trying this as well in Rust

[3top1a]

Nevermind, gave up

[PThorpe92]

I see a meme here somewhere....

[3top1a]

I didn't even finish writing the parser and realized it's fucked.
Maybe given enough ChatGPT and tears, but I doubt it.

[PThorpe92]

Lol I would imagine that the parser would be the critical point of failure here...

[Eddio0141]

i'm gonna make my own dreamberd interpreter as an university project
ill see what will happen