ApeScript

ApeScript is an interpreted procedural dynamic-typed language. It 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 defined in the Noble Ape Simulation manual.

Additional ApeScript tutorials are on the Noble Ape site.

Example

Some example ApeScript from the 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 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

• ApeScript Definition
• ApeScript Tutorials
• Noble Ape Simulation Page
• Noble Ape Mailout July 2003, Original Discussion of Scripting
• Noble Ape Mailout March 2005, Discussion of Scripting
• Noble Ape Mailout September 2005, Debugging ApeScript
• Noble Ape Mailout December 2005, Modular Porting