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Recorder
Recorder is a programming language i made that uses extraction
Basic Functions
Comment
#hello im a comment #see #its cool
Text
textisdefinedwithoutquotes "or with quotes to stop variables to get refered"
Box
a = text a #text
Recorder
te(xt) : ( ) = a a #xt an(ychars] : ( ] = b b #ychars
Tape
te(xt) : ( ) = a #a is a box btw a #xt, a contains the tape from recording the brackets
Functions
same a: return a same "text" #"text"
Logic gates
You can define logic gates in it
true = "!false.&b." false = "!true.&false." get a b c: c : a b = o return o not a: return get ! . a and a b: return get & . a not true #false and true true #true
Optimizations
Chain use optimization
This is called chain use because it uses symbols as closing bracket and opening bracket to save space
Right now, normally, you only have 2n delimiter efficiency, for n items wanted separated, you need 2n symbols to separate them
example = "<hello>(yeah)[seven]" #6 symbols for 3 items
If you want less delimiters, you can make it like this and have n+1 delimiter efficiency
example = "<hello(yeah[seven}" #4 symbols for 3 items
and to select items, just do
example : < ( = item1 example : ( [ = item2 example : [ } = item3
You probably get the idea, this makes it so you can use less symbols so you can shorten code (in some cases when you have so many delimiters that you need longer than 1 char delimiters)
Double use optimization
This is called double use because it uses the same thing twice and allows it to be selected easily
example = "<a<(b([c["
Yes, that in fact counts as 3 delimiters, so n delimiter efficiency
example : < < = item1 example : ( ( = item2 example : [ [ = item3
Insert Code Below
Write code below here to make a turing machine in Recorder (because im to lazy to)