alaarc
Multi-threaded reference counting.
Prerequisities
- Java 1.8
- Maven
Build it
alaarc> mvn package
Run it
Windows: alaarc.cmd <arguments>
Linux: alaarc.sh <arguments>
Command-line help:
alaarc> alaarc.cmd
Options: <SOURCE_FILE> ...
<SOURCE_FILE> source file name
-asm <FILE> emit generated code to FILE
-log <FILE> write logs to FILE
-times <N> run N times
-help prints help
Hello, world:
alaarc> alaarc.cmd examples/hello.alaarc
<main @14:19:39> Program started
<main @14:19:39> Main thread spawned: Alaarc-0
<Alaarc-0 @14:19:39> @examples/hello.alaarc:1: Hello, world!
<Alaarc-0 @14:19:39> Thread finished: Alaarc-0
<Alaarc-0 @14:19:39> Program finished
--- DONE ---
Run 0: assertions passed: 0; assertions failed: 0; exceptions: 0
Total assertions passed: 0
Total assertions failed: 0
Total exceptions: 0
Syntax
// This is a comment
log "Hello!" // Posts a message to program log
a = object // Creates new object (variable 'a' defined)
a.x1 = object // Object field
a.x2 = null // 'null'
b ~= a // Weak reference
thread { // Spawn a new thread
sleepr // Sleep for a random period (10-100 ms)
dump a // Dumps an object
}
sleep // Sleep for 100 ms
assertrc a.x1 >= 1 // Assertion on a reference count