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# Into to Pico8lisp

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Pico8lisp is a small lisp interpreter built on PICO-8 virtual machine!

The shell is currently inflexible. Parse errors typically crash or exhaust memory.
If your environment crashes, reload the page to reset.

# Try it out!

Try out Pico8Lisp on the Pico8 Website [here](https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=96658#p)

[![Pico8Lisp Cartrage](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewguy9/pico8lisp/master/pico8lisp.p8.png)](https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=96658#p)

# Using the REPL

You can type commands directly into the shell.
```
> (+ 1 2)
  3
```

`<return>` submits the command.

Press `<up>` and `<down>` to scroll through your command history.

Press `<left>` and `<right>` to move the cursor.

`<backspace>` will remove the character to the left of the cursor.

`<shift>-d` will remove the character to the right of the cursor.

Toggle between insert and replace modes by pressing `<shift>-I`.

![Insert](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewguy9/pico8lisp/master/insert.gif) ![Replace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andrewguy9/pico8lisp/master/replace.gif)

# Language Specification:

## Literals

### Numbers

Literal numbers are just the numbers themselves.

```
> 123
  123
```
### Symbols
Symbols are used as names for forms/functions/constants/just about anything. Symbols can be written as series of letters a-z. More on that later.

### Nil
Nil can be written as `nil`

```
> nil
  ()
```

Note that nil evaluated to an empty list (). That's because the symbol nil is bound to the empty list. This is the only false value in picolisp!

### Boolean

Everything except nil is true.
But we do have a special value to represent truth.

```
> $t
  $t
```

## Expressions

### Calling Functions

The first element of a list is assumed to be a function.

```
> (+ 1 2)
  3
```
You can even nest list expressions.

```
> (+ (+ 1 2) 3)
  6
```

Supported Numeric Functions
* `+` plus
* `-` subtract
* `*` multiply
* `/` divide
* `%` modulus

### Clear screen
If your repl gets confusing, clear the screen

```
(clear)
```

### Lists

You can write a list literal with the `quote` function.

```
> (quote (1 2 3))
  (1 2 3)
```

Quote prevents the list from being evaluated!

There is a special quote operator to make this to read.

```
> '(1 2 3)
  '(1 2 3)
```

There are many functions which work with lists
```
> (empty? ())
  $t
> (len '(1 2 3))
  3
> (first '(1 2 3))
  1
> (second '(1 2 3))
  2
> (nth 2 '(1 2 3))
  3
> (rest '(1 2 3))
  (2 3)
> (reverse '(1 2 3))
  (3 2 1)
> (reduce + 0 '(1 2 3 4))
  10
> (map inc '(1 2 3))
  (2 3 4)
> (filter even? '(1 2 3 4))
  (2 4)
```
### Symbols

By default symbols are evaluated, but you can prevent that with quote.

```
> 'mysymbol
  mysymbol
```

### Def
You can define global symbols with a value.

```
> (def age 38)
  38

> age
  38
```

### local bindings
While def symbols are globally available, you can make locally scoped definitions with let

```
> (let (x 3 y 2) (+ x y))
  5
```

### You can define functions
Use defn to make a function globally accessible.

```
> (defn inc (x) (+ x 1))
  (fn (x) (+ x 1))

> (inc 2)
  3
```

### If statements
Branches are supported by if statements.

```
> (if (= 1 1) 'happy 'sad)
  happy
> (if (= 1 2) 'happy 'sad)
  sad
```

If else if..., else statements are supported via cond

```
> (def x 1)
> (cond (= x 0) 'zero (= x 1) 'one $t 'other)
  one
```

Supported logic operators:
* `=` equals check
* `>` `>=` greater than (equals) *numbers only*
* `<` `<=` less than (equals) *numbers only*
* `!` not
* `and` logical and
* `or` logical or
* ``

Predicates, functions which return true or false, typically end in a `?`.
* `even?`
* `odd?`

Examples
```
> (= 1 1)
  $t
> (> 1 2)
  ()
> (= '(1 2) '(1 2))
  $t
> (! nil)
  $t
> (! $t)
  nil
> (! 1)
  nil
`> (and nil 1)
  ()
> (or nil 1)
  $t
```

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