// Lispts: Scheme Interpreter in TypeScript const program = "(begin (define r 10) (* pi (* r r)))" type LSymbol = string // A Lisp Symbol(alias TSymbol) is implemented as TypeScript string type LNumber = number // A Lisp Symbol(alias TSymbol) is implemented as TypeScript number type Atom = LSymbol | number // A Lisp Atom is a Symbol or Number impl type List = Array // A Lisp List is implemented as a TypeScript array type Exp = Atom | List // A Lisp expression is an Atom or List interface Env { [key: string | number]: any } // A Lisp environment is a mapping of {variable: value} /** * Read a Scheme expression from a string. */ const parse = (program: string): Exp => read_from_tokens(tokenize(program)) /** * Convert a string into a list of tokens. */ const tokenize = (char: string): string[] => char .replaceAll('(', ' ( ') .replaceAll(')', ' ) ') .split(' ') .filter((s) => s) /** * Numbers become numbers; every other token is a symbol(LSymbol). */ const atom = (token: string): Atom => Number.isNaN(token) ? Number(token) : (token as LSymbol) /** * Read an expression from a sequence of tokens */ const read_from_tokens = (tokens: string[]): Exp => { if (tokens.length === 0 || !tokens) { throw new Error('unexpected EOF while reading') } const token = tokens.shift() if (token === '(') { const l = [] while (tokens[0] !== ')') { l.push(read_from_tokens(tokens)) } tokens.shift() return l } else if (token === ')') { throw new Error('unexpected )') } else { return atom(token as string) } } console.log(parse(program))