monopolang

langjam - economy language

(get it? monopoly + language = monopolang)

The Idea:

• Each time a program is run, the process has an initial amount of money
• Different language features / operations cost some amount of money to use
• At runtime, the process has access to different financial institutions (banks, loans, etc.) to get more money
• The goal is to write a program that performs a certain task while being economically sustainable
• If you run out of money, the program crashes

The Language:

• The language is a simple imperative language
• All variables are globally scoped
• "Procedures" are used to define reusable code blocks, they have no parameters and use global variables for input/output
• Economy related operations are each their own native statements in the language

For examples, see the examples directory.

The Economy Model:

• Initial money: $100
• Costs:
  • print: $1
  • range loop: $5
  • while loop: $5
  • if statement: $5
  • variable assignment: $2
  • procedure declaration: $20
  • procedure call: $5
• Financial institutions:
  • Loan: Borrow a certain amount of money, pay it back with interest
  • Stock Market: Buy and sell stocks, make or lose money
  • Gambling: Bet a certain amount of money, win or lose it
  • Taxes: Every X operations, you have to pay Y% of the difference in your balance
  • Work: Earn money after every X operations through a statement, working takes time out of the program
  • ???

Components:

• Lexer (String -> Tokens)
• Parser (Tokens -> AST)
• Compiler (AST -> Bytecode)
• Interpreter/VM (Execute Bytecode)
• Economy (Costs, Financial Institutions; part of the VM)