ApeScript

ApeScript was developed for the Noble Ape Simulation through mid-2005 by Tom Barbalet. ApeScript was designed with the following specifications;

* simple language,
* stable memory footprint,
* minimal crashes, and,
* small code size.

ApeScript is [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_intro.html defined in the Noble Ape Simulation manual] .

Additional [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_notes.html ApeScript tutorials] are on the Noble Ape site.

Example

Some example ApeScript from the [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_notes.html tutorials] includes;

function ( actual_one ){ run ( actual_two ); number_a = number_a + 26;}

function ( actual_two ){ number_a = number_b * 234;}

function ( actual_three ){ number_a = number_b - 10; number_a = number_a * 21; number_a = number_a + 127;}

function ( actual_four ){ run ( actual_one); number_a = number_a * 20;}

function ( direct_one ){ run ( actual_one ); }function ( direct_two ){ run ( actual_two ); }function ( direct_three ){ run ( actual_three ); }function ( direct_four ){ run ( actual_four ); }

function ( being ){ number_b = time;

which_function = time & 3; offset_function = direct_two - direct_one; which_function = which_function * offset_function; which_function = which_function + direct_one;

run( which_function ); number_result = number_a;}

Debug

ApeScript also has the option of debug output. This shows the values and the variables in a single cycle run of ApeScript. The above example produced the following [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_notes.html debug output] ;

function( being ){ number_b = 942 ; which_function = 2 ; offset_function = 15 ; which_function = 30 ; which_function = 151 ; run( which_function ){ run( actual_three ){ number_a = 932 ; number_a = 19572 ; number_a = 19699 ; } } number_result = 19699 ; }

Through the latter part of 2005, Tom Barbalet continued to develop ApeScript as modular code that could be removed and easily ported to other applications.

External links

* [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_intro.html ApeScript Definition]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/man/apescript_notes.html ApeScript Tutorials]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/sim/ Noble Ape Simulation Page]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/mailout/jul03.html Noble Ape Mailout July 2003, Original Discussion of Scripting]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/mailout/mar05.html Noble Ape Mailout March 2005, Discussion of Scripting]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/mailout/sep05.html Noble Ape Mailout September 2005, Debugging ApeScript]
* [http://www.nobleape.com/mailout/dec05.html Noble Ape Mailout December 2005, Modular Porting]