Hades Programming Language

Overview

Hades is an Assembly mimic intended to target the Gaia Bytecode.
Hades is a programming language built for easier development within the Chronos VM x32 Computer Simulator

Getting Started

1. Download the newest release of the Hades-Language.jar file (check the Github release page)

• Alternatively, you can build from source using: bash -c 'javac -d ./src/classFiles ./src/**/*.java' && jar cvfm ./bin/HadesLanguage.jar ./src/manifest.txt -C ./src/classFiles .

2. Put the .jar and the .bat file in the same folder as where you want to put your files
3. Write your Hades program
   
   For Linux Systems:
4. Run the hades file using the ./hades -[flags] [file] format

• Use -fc flag to compile the given file to Gaia
• Use -fr flag to run the given file
• Use -fce flag to compile a Chronos VM formatted Hades file to relevant Gaia
  
  For Windows Systems:

4. Run the bat script using the ./hades.bat -[flags] [file] format

• Use -fc flag to compile the given file to Gaia
• Use -fr flag to run the given file
• Use -fce flag to compile a Chronos VM formatted Hades file to relevant Gaia

5. Profit

Roadmap

• v1.0.0: Get the damn thing working
• v1.1.0: Add new instructions for label manipulation
  • Add Hand single-cell label register
    • HOLD [label] and DROP instructions for adding/removing labels from the Hand
    • MLB [num], MLP, SLB [num], SLV held label manipulation instructions
  • WDD [num0 num1 num2 ... numN] for writing large amounts of data at once to the Tape
  • DS [num0 num1 num2 ... numN] [alias] for referencing a large portion of data, such as strings, can be written to Tape using WDD instruction
  • FUNC [alias] [ body ] (QoL change), CDP [file] [alias] will still exist
  • OUTN, OUTV [num], and OUTR [startPos endPos] for different I/O choices. OUTV [num] outputs the character related to the given number, OUTN outputs the raw number at Tape[Pointer], and OUTR [startPos endPos] outputs a range of the Tape.
  • INV and INS for more I/O choices. INV for taking in a raw number, INS for taking in a string (that will then be split into characters and converted into integers and stored)
  • FSO and FSC for opening file streams for reading in/writing out file contents, FSO takes in a file path, and 0 or 1 for read or write mode. FSC closes a file stream connected to the given file path
  • RFF and WTF to read/write from/to a file, RFF takes in a string and a destination address, RFF reads in the character at an index and stores it in the destination address, WTF writes the given value to the given file at the given index (WTF/RFF [file] [index value/dist])
  • SWM to set the write mode, 0 indicates writing a character, 1 indicates writing the raw integer value
  • String literals "...", these can be used as input for the DS instruction and the WDD instruction, as well as any instruction that takes in a file path
  • ADD [num num], SUB [num num], MUL [num num], DIV [num num], MOD [num num], basic integer arithmetic instructions
• v1.2.0: Add ability to use labels in place of numbers in all instructions that can take in a number
• v1.3.0: Update documentation, improve current debug messages (using BlueGummi's pretty print tooling), add CLI for debugging, add sandbox CLI for testing small programs
• v2.0.0: Add package system which adds new systems for defining types, defining instructions, defining instruction arguments, and defining instruction behaviors using a mix of Java and Hades
  • Add new file type: *.pkg.hds
  • Add new instructions DPKG [package], UPKG [package], INST [instruction name] [args] [args], TYPE [type name] [body]

Examples

Say "Hello" in Hades:

WDD ["Hello, World!"]
OUTR[0 12]
HLT

Addition in Hades:

WRT [1] ; write 1 to Tape ;
INCP ; move ptr to the right
WRT [2] ; write 2 to Tape ;
LOOP [ ; start a loop ;
    DECP ; move ptr to the left ;
    RDV  ; read value from Tape ;
    INCV ; increment ptr value ;
    WTV ; write ptr value to Tape ;
    INCP ; move ptr to the right ;
    RDV ; read value from Tape ;
    DECV ; decrement ptr value ;
    WTV ; write ptr value to Tape ;
]
DECP ; move ptr to the left ;
RDV ; read value from Tape ;
; end program ;
HLT

Using labels in Hades:

CLB [foo] ; create label called "foo" ;
MOV [5] ; move ptr to position 5 of Tape ;
CLB [bar] ; create label called "bar" ;
JLB [foo] ; jump to foo label ;
WRT [1] ; write 1 to foo ;
JLB [bar] ; jump back to bar label ;
WRT [2] ; write 2 to bar ;
DLB [foo] ; delete foo label ;
DLB [bar] ; delete bar label ;
; end program ;
HLT

Using functions in Hades:

CDP [someFile.Gaia] [foo] ; create function from file "someFile.Gaia" and call it "foo" ;

CDP [0 0] [baz] ; create function from position in ROM, follows [X Y] format (Chronos VM branch only) ;

FUNC [bar] [ ; create a function in current program called "bar" ;
  ; something here ;
]
CALL [foo] ; run "foo" function ;
CALL [baz] ; run "baz" function ;
CALL [bar] ; run "bar" function ;
; end program ;
HLT

Using Syscalls in Hades (Chronos VM only):

; syscalls always need 5 parameters, they can be labels or numbers ;
SYS [14 0 0 0 0] ; print to terminal syscall ;

CLB [print]
WRT [14]
SYS [print 0 0 0 0] ; print to terminal syscall but using label called "print" ;

; check the Chronos VM x32 syscall documentation for help on the syscall arguments ;

; end program ;
HLT