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The chip8 compiler, assembler, and virtual machine

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c8c aims to be a small typeless programming language for the CHIP-8 virtual machine:

r = { 0x80, 0x40, 0x20, 0x10 };
l = { 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x10 };

main()
{
    auto x = 0, xmax = 64, dx = 4;
    auto y = 0, ymax = 32, dy = 4;
    while(y < ymax)
    {
        if(rand() & 0x1)
        {
            draw(x, y, r);
        }
        else
        {
            draw(x, y, l);
        }
        if((x += dx) == xmax)
        {
            x = 0;
            y += dy;
        }
    }
    while(1)
    {
        // Never leave main.
    }
}

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mul(a, b)
{
    if(b == 0)
    {
        return 0;
    }
    return a + mul(a, b - 1);
}

main()
{
    putchar(24, 13, mul(9, 9));
    while(1)
    {
        // Never leave main.
    }
}

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Just run:

make

This will build the CHIP-8 virtual machine, binner, assembler, and compiler. The compiler will then build all the unit tests (tc8c) and example code pieces (examples).

To run a compiled binary, invoke the virtual machine:

./emu examples/maze.bin

Hit the END key to exit.

To build your own c8 code, piecewise invoke the toolchain:

./c8c main.c8 main.asm

./asm main.asm main.hex

./bin main.hex main.bin

./emu main.bin