0x19. C - Stacks, Queues - LIFO, FIFO
MONTY
Learning Objectives At the end of this project, we are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:
.What do LIFO and FIFO mean
.What is a stack, and when to use it
.What is a queue, and when to use it
.What are the common implementations of stacks and queues
.What are the most common use cases of stacks and queues
.What is the proper way to use global variables.
The Monty language
Monty 0.98 is a scripting language that is first compiled into Monty byte codes (Just like Python). It relies on a unique stack, with specific instructions to manipulate it. The goal of this project is to create an interpreter for Monty ByteCodes files.
Monty byte code files
Files containing Monty byte codes usually have the .m extension. Most of the industry uses this standard but it is not required by the specification of the language. There is not more than one instruction per line. There can be any number of spaces before or after the opcode and its argument
The monty program
Usage: monty file
where file is the path to the file containing Monty byte code If the user does not give any file or more than one argument to your program, print the error message USAGE: monty file, followed by a new line, and exit with the status EXIT_FAILURE If, for any reason, it’s not possible to open the file, print the error message Error: Can't open file , followed by a new line, and exit with the status EXIT_FAILURE where is the name of the file If the file contains an invalid instruction, print the error message L<line_number>: unknown instruction , followed by a new line, and exit with the status EXIT_FAILURE where is the line number where the instruction appears. Line numbers always start at 1 The monty program runs the bytecodes line by line and stop if either: it executed properly every line of the file it finds an error in the file an error occured If you can’t malloc anymore, print the error message Error: malloc failed, followed by a new line, and exit with status EXIT_FAILURE. You have to use malloc and free and are not allowed to use any other function from man malloc (realloc, calloc, …)