LOGO Interpreter
| Last version | 0.1 |
| Date | November 2006 |
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LOGO is a programming language which was developed in the late 1960s.
Its main goal was to introduce beginners to the concept of
algorithm or programs.
The turtle robot, which was actually an on-screen cursor, was one of the most famous features.
Thanks to a very easy syntax it was possible to make the turtle move, rotate or draw figures.
By providing immediate visual feedback the language was very accessible and easy to debug.
The interpreter I wrote can process a simplified version of the LOGO language.
It understands the following key-words and operators:
DEF, BEGIN, END, IF, THEN, ELSE, REPEAT, CALL, MOVE, JUMP, COLOR, FILL, NOFILL sin, cos, tan, *, +, -, /, =, <=, <, >=, >, &&, ||, not
The interpreter is written in CaML, you can find more information by reading the documentation below. (in French)
Playing with some fractal rendering code can be really fun.
Screenshots
Examples
The syntax of LOGO is quite simple.
Here is the definition to draw a square of dimension ‘n’:
DEF SQUARE (n)
BEGIN
REPEAT (4)
BEGIN
MOVE (n)
ROTATE (90)
END
END
And here is how to draw a circle:
DEF CIRCLE (r) BEGIN REPEAT (1000) BEGIN MOVE (r/1000) ROTATE (360/1000) END END
Many other more complex algorithms can be found in the archive containing the source code.