PointerTape
From Esolang
PointerTape is a tape-based programming language created by User:Asymptote. It is, as yet, incomplete.
PointerTape is quite simple. A PT program consists of a "tape" (array) of symbols.
| Symbol | Function |
|---|---|
>
| Moves the pointer to the right. |
<
| Moves the pointer to the left. |
H
| Halts the program. |
wxy
| Writes the symbol x (either < or >) in the direction of y (also either < or >). |
wxn
| Writes the symbol x (< or >) at position n. |
jn
| Makes the pointer jump to position n. |
As noted above, there is a great deal of functionality yet to be implemented in PT. A list of possible upcoming symbols follows:
| Symbol | Function |
|---|---|
x
| Stores the object x (which can be any Python-compatible variable) |
sxp
| Creates a storage symbol at position p, and stores the value x there. |
px
| Prints the symbol in the direction x (x is < or >). |
pn
| prints the sybmol at position n. |
E
| Causes the program to exit. |
As soon as the needed functionality is implemented, the standard "Hello, world!" application will be posted. It should be something like this:
[p13,p14,p15,p16,p17,p18,p19,p20,p21,p22,p23,p24,p25,"H","e","l","l","o",","," ","w","o","r","l","d","!"]
