FIRST - A process language. Combine with pipes to create procedures.

• Started June 2026, expect daily progress, maybe weekly.
• Test programs to show translation to C programs that compile and run.
• very simple subset of the ALGOL language without complexity.

Build

• flex -8 first.l
• cc lex.yy.c -o first -lfl
• ./first < test.fst > test.c
• cc test.c -o test
• ./test

Combining With Pipes

• UNIX and LINUX have the pipe operator, |, in the shell enviroment of the Terminal.
• ls -s | sort -n for example

Developments

• 2 datatypes: INTEGER, DENOTED
• YIELD operator for CPU scheduling for goto loops that are too tight.
• RANDOM operator for clean random from the CPU
• INPUT and OUTPUT for standard input and output for literals and variables.
• Basic math but soon isomorphic symbol ? returns TRUE or FALSE like traditional comparisons.
• IN and OUT for CPU I/O

Examples

• zdatest.fst prints random numbers assignment from word RANDOM works but on;y that.
• ./first < zdatest.fst | cc -x c - -o zdatest
• Other examples are similar

zda - A code complete proof of concept

• zda.fst is the first source
• The function is to eliminate the loud zero that bugs you.
• ./first < zda.fst | cc -o zda -x c -