Port full Peppermint language and CLI to C89

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# Peppermint C89 port
This directory is a clean native C89 implementation of the language behavior
present in the original TypeScript interpreter.
This repository root is a clean native C89 implementation of the behavior that
is implemented in the original TypeScript Peppermint tree, with no TypeScript,
Node.js, Beef, or third-party runtime dependency.
Original project: https://github.com/lainq/peppermint
Implemented subset:
- `let name := expression` bindings
- integer and floating-point literals
- quoted strings with basic escapes
- `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, and `%`
- string concatenation with `+`
- `#` comments and line-oriented programs
- `@argv` and `@argv:N`
- `@env:NAME` and `@exit`
The original repository also contains a separate Brainfuck compiler/runtime;
that is not silently folded into this first language-core port.
## Build
Requires only a C compiler with C89 support:
```sh
make
./peppermint smoke.ppm hello
```
The build uses `-std=c89 -pedantic` and has no TypeScript, Node.js, Beef, or
third-party runtime dependency.
The build uses `-std=c89 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -Wshadow`.
The language core is ISO C89; the project-oriented CLI commands use the usual
POSIX file APIs (`mkdir`, `stat`, `getcwd`) so `init`/`run`/`list` can create
and discover files as the TypeScript CLI does.
## CLI
Supported commands:
```sh
peppermint run [--file=FILE] [--args ARGS...]
peppermint init --name=NAME [--author=AUTHOR] [--license=LICENSE]
peppermint list
peppermint version
peppermint bf --file=FILE [--compile=true]
peppermint FILE.ppm [ARGS...]
```
Notes:
- `peppermint FILE.ppm [ARGS...]` preserves the first C89 port's direct-file
behavior.
- `run --file=...` executes a Peppermint source file.
- `run` without `--file` reads `.peppermint` in the current directory and uses
its `main` string field.
- `run --args ...` passes the remaining values to `@argv` / `@argv:N`.
- `init` creates `README.md`, `app.ppm`, `tests/test.ppm`, and `.peppermint`.
- `list` reads a simple project store. Set `PEPPERMINT_STORE=/path/to/store` to
override the default `$HOME/.peppermint/store.json` location.
- `version` prints `Peppermint Version 0.0.1[platform]`.
- `bf` is a separate Brainfuck runner. With `--compile=true`, it also writes the
original Long-language-style output to `dist/test.long`.
## Language behavior
Implemented:
- `let name := expression` constant bindings.
- `let name = expression` mutable bindings.
- `name = expression` assignment to existing mutable bindings.
- integer and floating-point literals, including unary minus.
- quoted strings with `\n`, `\r`, `\t`, and escaped-character handling.
- `+`, `-`, `*`, `/`, and `%` with normal arithmetic precedence.
- string concatenation with `+` when both operands are strings.
- relational operators tokenized by the TypeScript lexer: `==`, `!=`, `>=`,
`<=`, `>`, and `<`. They produce `1` for true and `0` for false.
- parenthesized expressions.
- `#` comments and line-oriented programs.
- `@argv`, `@argv:N`, `@env:NAME`, and `@exit`.
- robust file/line diagnostics for syntax and runtime errors.
## Upstream gaps and compatibility notes
The TypeScript parser in the upstream tree is incomplete: it tokenizes
assignment (`=`), constants (`:=`), and relational operators, but only executes
arithmetic builtins in practice and does not build a real AST. This C89 port
therefore implements the practical behavior those tokens imply instead of
claiming byte-for-byte parser parity. Unsupported higher-level semantics such
as functions, blocks, imports, conditionals, loops, objects, and a module system
are not present in the TypeScript implementation and are intentionally not
fabricated here.
The TypeScript project store was a JSON file under the compiled CLI directory.
A single native executable has no such package directory, so the C89 CLI uses a
portable tab-separated project store at `$HOME/.peppermint/store.json` (or
`PEPPERMINT_STORE`) while keeping the same user-visible `init`/`list` workflow.
## Tests
```sh
./test.sh
```
The test script rebuilds with strict C89 flags, then checks legacy direct-file
execution, command dispatch, expressions, relational operators, mutable vs.
constant assignment, builtins, project init/config/list/run behavior, version
output, and the Brainfuck runner/compiler command.
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make clean
make
output=$(./peppermint smoke.ppm argument)
expected='hello peppermint
argument'
if [ "$output" != "$expected" ]; then
printf '%s\n' "unexpected smoke output:" "$output" >&2
printf '%s\n' "unexpected legacy smoke output:" "$output" >&2
exit 1
fi
cat > /tmp/peppermint-c89-test.ppm <<'EOF'
cat > /tmp/peppermint-c89-lang.ppm <<'PPM'
let a := 7
let b := a * 3
b + 2
@env:PEPPERMINT_TEST_MISSING
EOF
output=$(PEPPERMINT_TEST_MISSING= ./peppermint /tmp/peppermint-c89-test.ppm)
let b = a * 3 + 2
b
b = b + 1
b == 24
b != 23
b >= 24
b <= 24
b > 23
b < 25
"hello" + " world"
@env:PEPPERMINT_TEST_VALUE
@argv:1
PPM
output=$(PEPPERMINT_TEST_VALUE=present ./peppermint run --file=/tmp/peppermint-c89-lang.ppm --args zero one)
expected='23
None'
1
1
1
1
1
1
hello world
present
one'
if [ "$output" != "$expected" ]; then
printf '%s\n' "unexpected arithmetic output:" "$output" >&2
printf '%s\n' "unexpected language output:" "$output" >&2
exit 1
fi
printf '%s\n' 'C89 smoke tests passed'
cat > /tmp/peppermint-c89-const.ppm <<'PPM'
let locked := 1
locked = 2
PPM
if ./peppermint /tmp/peppermint-c89-const.ppm >/tmp/peppermint-c89-const.out 2>/tmp/peppermint-c89-const.err; then
printf '%s\n' 'constant assignment unexpectedly succeeded' >&2
exit 1
fi
if ! grep 'cannot assign to constant' /tmp/peppermint-c89-const.err >/dev/null; then
printf '%s\n' 'constant assignment error missing' >&2
exit 1
fi
tmpdir=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/peppermint-c89-project-$$
mkdir "$tmpdir"
oldpwd=$(pwd)
cd "$tmpdir"
PEPPERMINT_STORE="$tmpdir/store.tsv" "$oldpwd/peppermint" init --name=demo --author=Tester --license=MIT >/tmp/peppermint-c89-init.out
cd "$oldpwd"
if [ ! -f "$tmpdir/demo/.peppermint" ] || [ ! -f "$tmpdir/demo/app.ppm" ] || [ ! -f "$tmpdir/demo/tests/test.ppm" ]; then
printf '%s\n' 'init did not create expected project files' >&2
exit 1
fi
printf '%s\n' '"project run"' > "$tmpdir/demo/app.ppm"
oldpwd=$(pwd)
cd "$tmpdir/demo"
output=$(PEPPERMINT_STORE="$tmpdir/store.tsv" "$oldpwd/peppermint" run)
cd "$oldpwd"
if [ "$output" != 'project run' ]; then
printf '%s\n' "unexpected project run output:" "$output" >&2
exit 1
fi
output=$(PEPPERMINT_STORE="$tmpdir/store.tsv" ./peppermint list)
case "$output" in
*demo*) ;;
*) printf '%s\n' "list output missing project:" "$output" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
cat > /tmp/peppermint-c89-bf.bf <<'BF'
++++++++[>++++++++<-]>+.
BF
output=$(./peppermint bf --file=/tmp/peppermint-c89-bf.bf)
expected='A'
if [ "$output" != "$expected" ]; then
printf '%s\n' "unexpected bf output:" "$output" >&2
exit 1
fi
rm -rf dist
./peppermint bf --file=/tmp/peppermint-c89-bf.bf --compile=true >/tmp/peppermint-c89-bf.out
if [ ! -f dist/test.long ]; then
printf '%s\n' 'bf compile did not create dist/test.long' >&2
exit 1
fi
rm -rf dist "$tmpdir"
output=$(./peppermint version)
case "$output" in
'Peppermint Version 0.0.1['*) ;;
*) printf '%s\n' "unexpected version output:" "$output" >&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
printf '%s\n' 'C89 feature tests passed'