Circle of Life

Basic functions

Circle of Life (CoL) is an unimplemented language created by User:Shamrocky which involves using operators that have a 2-action lifespan before they "die" (No longer usable). Each operator may take two of several actions.

Circle of Life Commands

Operation	Function	Usage
MakeVar	Creates a variable	Op MakeVar "ExVar"
SetVar	Sets Variable Value	Op SetVar ExVar [Str/Int]
IncVar	Increases Variable by 1	Op IncVar ExVar [Must be an Integer]
SubVar	Decreases Variable by 1	Op SubVar ExVar [Must be an Integer]
Split	Creates 2 Descendant Operators	Op1 Split "Op2Name", "Op3Name"
Die	Kills Operator Early	Op Die
Write	Prints a Variable to the Console	Op Write ExVar
If	Standard If-Then Block	If [Condition] {[Op [Action]]}
Loop	Loop block, loops code	Loop {[Code]}
Erase	Erases an Operator From System Memory	LiveOp Erase DeadOp
Add	Adds two variables together, assigns result to another variable	Op Add Var1 Var2 ResVar
Sub	Subtracts two variables, assigns result to another variable	Opp Sub Var1 Var2 ResVar
Sunder	Kills and erases all Operators and Variables	Op Sunder

Each Circle of Life program starts with a base operator named "Adam" which the user may use to build the rest of the program.

Intricacies and nuance

• To terminate a program, all operators must be dead.
• Operators will not "Age" unless given an action, meaning that an operator must receive 2 actions or the Die action to terminate
• Looping does not reset the ages of operators, there must be a function to make new ones.
• Operators may not have the same name as any operator alive or dead and must have unique names or a live operator must erase a dead operator
• Using the Loop and If/Then actions do not age operators as they do not require operators to perform, though actions within the loop still age operators
• You can prompt the user with syntax which is formatted as [input] or [input|"Text"]

Example programs

Series of example programs

Hello world

Adam MakeVar "HelloWrld"
Adam Split "Test1", "Test2"
Test1 SetVar HelloWorld "Hello World!"
Test1 Write HelloWorld
Test2 Die

2 function calculator

Loop {
Adam MakeVar "Operation"
Adam Split "Ask", "Functions"
Ask SetVar Operation [input|"Operation? 1 for addition, 2 for subtraction"]
Ask Die
Functions Split "Add", "Subtract"
If Operation = 1 {
Add Split "GetNumsA", "AddFunc"
GetNums Split "Num1A", "Num2A"
Num1A MakeVar "AddVar1"
Num1A SetVar AddVar1 [Input|First Number?]
Num2A MakeVar "AddVar2"
Num2A SetVar AddVar2 [Input|Second Number?]
AddFunc Split "AddFinal", "PrinterA"
AddFinal MakeVar "LastA"
AddFinal Add AddVar1 AddVar2 LastA
PrinterA Write LastA
PrinterA Sunder
}
If Operation = 2 {
Sub Split "GetNumsS", "SubFunc"
GetNums Split "Num1S", "Num2S"
Num1S MakeVar "SubVar1"
Num1S SetVar SubVar1 [Input|First Number?]
Num2S MakeVar "SubVar2"
Num2S SetVar SubVar2 [Input|Second Number?]
SubFunc Split "SubFinal", "PrinterS"
SubFinal MakeVar "LastS"
SubFinal Sub SubVar1 SubVar2 LastS
PrinterS Write LastS
PrinterS Sunder
}
}

Errors

As with any programming language, CoL can return errors when there as an issue with a developer's code. Errors are produced with the text "ERR!" followed by a numerical code to identify the error. The following list would be some of the most common error codes.

• ERR!100: Attempted Action with no Operator
• ERR!200: Attempted Action with dead Operator
• ERR!300: Operator "Example" Not Recognized (Typo)
• ERR!400: Action "Example" Not Recognized (Typo)
• ERR!500: Tried to erase a live Operator
• ERR!600: Tried to perform a math function on a string