Hello World (Hume)

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This example shows the well-known "Hello World!" example implemented in Hume as output of a counter automaton.

Lets specify output

<<I/O bindings>>=
-- I/O bindings
stream output to "std_out" ;

Define automaton (box in Hume) inputs, outputs and body. This is the main program loop. Each box runs in a separate thread.

<<box definitions>>=
-- box definition
box hello
in (count_in::int 32)                                    -- inputs
out (count_out::int 32, shown::(string, int 32, char))   -- outputs (result roles and types)
-- body
match    -- match patterns structure must conform to inputs
         -- corresponding expressions must conform to the declared 'out' type
         -- declaration role names are in sole interest of wiring statements
 99 -> (0, ("Hello World ", 99,'\n'))    -- reset count_out to 0
 | count -> (count +1, ("Hello World ", count,'\n')) ;   

Wire box (thread) outputs and inputs generating mailboxes

<<wirings>>=
wire hello 
   -- inputs wiring for "in" parameters
   (hello.count_out initially 0) -- get hello.count_in from hello.count_out 
   -- outputs wiring for "out" result tuple
   (hello.count_in, output) ;  -- put hello.count_out to hello.count_in, hello.shown to output

The whole program

<<HelloWorld.hume>>=
-- HelloWorld.hume
  I/O bindings
  box definitions
  wirings

Execute with the Hume interpreter

./hume HelloWorld.hume

and the output is

Hello World 0
Hello World 1
Hello World 2
...

Alternatively the construct expression is equivalent to a box with no inputs, and one output to std_out

The program does not end until you type Ctrl+C.

<<HelloWorld2.hume>>=
-- HelloWorld2.hume
expression "Hello World\n" ;

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