[Soft] Hopeless implementation of HOPE

[Shaos]

Hopeless is extended HOPE interpreter based on GPLed implementation by Ross Paterson (original website is not available anymore - see its archived copy for more info: https://web.archive.org/web/20130702121 ... ross/Hope/)

I plan to add here graphics and networking capabilities to use it as a regular language. On other hand I plan to use it as a scripting language for big programs written in C/C++.

Latest sources for *NIX: hopeless-v0.5.tar.bz2 (100K) and GitHub: https://gitlab.com/shaos/hopeless

Latest build for MacOS X (version 10.4 for PowerPC): hopeless_macosx_ppc.zip (80K)

Latest build for Windows (cygwin1.dll included): hopeless_cygwin.zip (0.8Mb)

[Shaos]

27-Jun-2007 hopeless-v0.1.tar.bz2 (98K)

* option -v prints new name and version
* interactive command "write" does not print quotations now
* new interactive command "help" prints list of interactive commands

02-Sep-2007 hopeless-v0.2.tar.bz2 (98K)

* function "read" now can run commands (if filename starts with !)
* new example test/_run.hop demonstrates #!/..., argv and read("!...")

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21-Jun-2008 hopeless-v0.3.tar.bz2 (99K)

* new example test/_input.hop demonstrates input from keyboard (stdin)
* fixed lib/lines.hop to skip '\r'
* new library lib/system.hop and lib/system_win.hop (functons "getc" and "gets")
* new library lib/string.hop (right now only to define type "string")
* added function "dir" to lib/system.hop and lib/system_win.hop
* new predefined list "env" with some environment variables for CGI

22-Jun-2008 hopeless-v0.4.tar.bz2 (99K)

* separate file version.h for APPNAME and VERSION macros
* longer supported filenames (now 256 instead of 100)
* more simultaniously supported streams (now 100 instead of 20)
* restricted mode (-r) now allows reading, but disables running commands ("!...")
* now "mktemp" is used to create temporary filename for running commands
* more available variables in "env" for CGI mode

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04-Apr-2010 hopeless-v0.5.tar.bz2 (100K)

* added '\r' to function "isspace" in ctype.hop
* fixed function "dir" in system_win.hop
* path to libraries changed to /usr/local/share/hopeless
* created man file hopeless.1 (modified hope.1)
* fixed "make install" for Hopeless
* new library lib/db_sqlite.hop (database support with sqlite3)
* added functions "del" and "write_to" to lib/system.hop
* check for '\n' and '\r' before run commands ("!...")
* defined constant "stdin" instead of functions "getc" and "gets" (lib/system.hop)
* modified test _input.hop

[Shaos]

Sources are commited to GitHub!

github.com/shaos/hopeless

All versions are there (but I kind of faked history of changes before v0.5 because on Apr 3, 2010 I simply commited to local git repository original Hope sources then v0.1 then v0.2 then v0.3 then v0.4 then v0.5 one after another in order to preserve changes between versions).

[Shaos]

Probably I should release new version...

[Shaos]

Original website is not available anymore - see its archived copy: https://web.archive.org/web/20130702121 ... ross/Hope/

P.S. Some time ago I started to use wiki on GitHub to describe some new features: https://github.com/shaos/hopeless/wiki/Examples

P.P.S. I definitely must release new version...

[Shaos]

Source code moved to GitLab:

https://gitlab.com/shaos/hopeless

Wiki Examples: https://gitlab.com/shaos/hopeless/wikis/Examples