pl0c.1

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.Dd August 26, 2021
.Dt PL0C 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pl0c
.Nd PL/0 compiler
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a PL/0 compiler.
.Nm
reads input from
.Ar stdin
and outputs to
.Ar stdout .
.Sh GRAMMAR
The PL/0 grammar is as follows:
.Bd -literal
program		= block "." .
block		= [ "const" id "=" number { "," id "=" number } ";" ]
		  [ "var" id [ array ] { "," id  [ array ] } ";" ]
		  { "forward" id ";" }
		  { "procedure" id ";" block ";" } statement .
statement	= [ id ":=" expression
		  | "call" id
		  | "begin" statement { ";" statement } "end"
		  | "if" condition "then" statement
		  | "while" condition "do" statement
		  | "readInt" [ "into" ] id
		  | "readChar" [ "into" ] id
		  | "writeInt" expression
		  | "writeChar" expression
		  | "writeStr" ( id | string )
		  | "exit" expression ] .
condition	= "odd" expression
		| expression ( comparator ) expression .
expression	= [ "+" | "-" | "not" ] term { ( "+" | "-" | "or" ) term } .
term		= factor { ( "*" | "/" | "mod" | "and" ) factor } .
factor		= id
		| number
		| "(" expression ")" .
comparator	= "=" | "#" | "<" | ">" | "<=" | ">=" | "<>" .
array		= "size" number .
.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following program prints the first 16 factorials:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
var n, f;
begin
  n := 0;
  f := 1;
  while n # 16 do
  begin
    n := n + 1;
    f := f * n;
    writeInt f;
    writeChar '\\n'
  end;
end.
.Ed
.Pp
The output of
.Nm
can be piped into a C compiler to produce an executable, like so:
.Pp
.Dl pl0c < file.pl0 | cc -O -o file -x c -
.Sh AUTHORS
.Nm
was written by
.An Brian Callahan Aq Mt bcallah@openbsd.org .