PITICO

PITICO (pronunciation: "pee-tee-coo", acronym for "Pequeno Intérprete Trabalha Interpretando Códigos", which means "Tiny Interpreter Works Interpreting Codes") is a REPL written in C that interprets and runs a small language inspired by TinyBASIC, which was designed by Dennis Allison and the People's Computer Company (PCC), and its specification appeared in volume 1 of Dr. Dobb's Journal of Computer Calisthenics & Orthodontia (a '70s PCC publication that would later become Dr. Dobb's Journal).

Features

Supports a subset of a TinyBASIC dialect and additional commands which were not part of the original TinyBASIC specification.
Supports 26 float number variables (from A to Z).
Supports 5 arithmetic operations:

+ addition
- subtract
* multiplication
/ division
^ exponentiation

Statements can be interpreted in two modes:

DIRECT MODE: A statement is immediately interpreted.
INDIRECT MODE: A program stored in memory is interpreted starting from its first line of code.

Download

Click here to download PITICO_v0.1_(preview_build-win_x64).zip

After the download, extract/unzip the downloaded file and run PITICO.exe.

It is recommended to read the readme.txt file, as it describes all the available commands.
The subdirectory samples contains a few code samples that you can run inside PITICO.

History

2025/01/26 (v0.1.1):

Fixed typo in HELP text.

2025/01/25 (v0.1.0):

First [public] preview build (Windows 64-bit).

Screenshots

PITICO - HELP

PITICO - INDIRECT MODE

PITICO - DIRECT MODE