[Solved] CMPSC461 Lab1

Set-up: For this assignment, edit a copy of mula.rkt, which is on the course website. In particular, replace occurrences of CHANGE to complete the problems. Do not use any mutation (set!, set-mcar!, etc.) anywhere in the assignment.

Overview: This project has to do with mul461 (a Made Up Language for CMPSC 461). mul461 programs are written directly in Racket by using the constructors defined by the structs defined at the beginning of mula.rkt. This is the definition of mul461s syntax for Part A:

• If s is a Racket string, then (mul461-var s) is a mul461 expression (a variable use).
• If n is a Racket integer, then (mul461-int n) is a mul461 expression (an integer constant).
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-+ e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression (an addition).
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461 e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression (a subtraction). If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-* e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression (a multiplication).
• If b is a Racket boolean, then (mul461-bool b) is a mul461 expression (a boolean constant).
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-and e₁ e₂) is a mul461 e₁ and e₂ should both evaluate to mul461-bool values.
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-or e₁ e₂) is a mul461 e₁ and e₂ should both evaluate to mul461-bool values.
• If e is a mul461 expression that evaluates to a mul461-bool value, then (mul461-not e) is a mul461
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-< e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression that evaluates to a mul461-bool value if e₁ and e₂ evaluate to mul461-int
• If e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-= e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression that evaluates to a mul461-bool value if e₁ and e₂ evaluate to mul461-int
• If e₁, e₂, and e₃ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-if e₁ e₂ e₃) is a mul461 It is a condition where the result is e₂ if e₁ is a boolean constant of true else the result is e₃. Only one of e₂ and e₃ is evaluated.
• If s is a Racket string and e₁ and e₂ are mul461 expressions, then (mul461-let s e₁ e₂) is a mul461 expression (a let expression where the value resulting from evaluating e₁ is bound to s in the evaluation of e₂).

In Part A, A mul461 value is a mul461 integer constant, a or a mul461 boolean constant.

You should assume mul461 programs are syntactically correct (e.g., do not worry about wrong things like (mul461-int hi) or (mul461-int (mul461-int 37)). But do not assume mul461 programs are free of type errors like (mul461-+ (mul461-bool #t) (mul461-int 7)) or (mul461-not (mul461-int 3)).

Warning: What makes this assignment challenging is that you have to understand mul461 well and debugging an interpreter is an acquired skill.

Turn-in Instructions: Turn in your modified mula.rkt to gradescope.

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Problems:

1. Implementing the mul461 Language: Write a mul461 interpreter, i.e., a Racket function eval-exp that takes a mul461 expression e and either returns the mul461 value that e evaluates to under the empty environment or calls Rackets error if evaluation encounters a run-time mul461 type error or unbound mul461

A mul461 expression is evaluated under an environment (for evaluating variables, as usual). In your interpreter, use a Racket list of Racket pairs to represent this environment (which is initially empty) so that you can use without modification the provided envlookup function. Here is a description of the semantics of mul461 expressions:

• All values evaluate to themselves. For example, (eval-exp (mul461-int 17)) would return (mul461-int 17), not
• A variable evaluates to the value associated with it in the environment.(This case for var is done for you.)
• An addition/subtraction/multiplication evaluates its subexpressions and, assuming they both produce integers, produces the mul461-int n that is their sum/difference/product. (Note the case for addition is done for you to get you pointed in the right direction.)
• An < or = comparison evaluates its subexpressions and, assuming they both produce integers, produces the mul461-bool b that is the result of comparing the two integer values.
• An and/or evaluates its subexpressions and, assuming they both produce booleans, produces the mul461-bool b that is their and/or boolean operation result.
• A not evaluates its subexpression and, assuming it produces a boolean, produces the mul461-bool b that is the logical negation of its subexpression result.
• An if evaluates its first expression to a value v₁. If it is a boolean, then if it is mul461-bool #t, then if evaluates to its second subexpression, else it evaluates its third subexpression. Only one of e₂ and e₃ should be evaluated. Do not evaluate both e₂ and e₃.
• A let expression evaluates its first expression to a value v. Then it evaluates the second expression to a value, in an environment extended to map the name in the let expression to v.

2. Expanding the Language: mul461 is a small language, but we can write Racket functions that act like mul461 macros so that users of these functions feel like mul461 is larger. The Racket functions produce mul461 expressions that could then be put inside larger mul461 expressions or passed to eval-exp. In implementing these Racket functions, do not use closure (which is used only internally in eval-exp). Also do not use eval-exp (we are creating a program, not running it).
   • Write a Racket function makelet* that takes a Racket list of Racket pairs ((s₁ . e₁) (s_i . e_i) (s_n . e_n)) and a final mul461 expression e_n+1. In each pair, assume s_i is a Racket string and e_i is a mul461 makelet* returns a mul461 expression whose value is e_n+1 evaluated in an environment where each s_i is a variable bound to the result of evaluating the corresponding e_i for 1 i n. The bindings are done sequentially, so that each e_i is evaluated in an environment where s₁ through s_i1 have been previously bound to the values e₁ through e_i1.
3. Using the Language: We can write mul461 expressions directly in Racket using the constructors for the structs and (for convenience) the functions we wrote in the previous problem.
   • Write a function makefactorial that gives a racket integer n, returns a mul461 expression that is similar to n ((n 1) (n 2) 1) using mul461 For example (makefactorial 3) should return this value:

(mul461-* (mul461-int 3) (mul461-* (mul461-int 2) (mul461-int 1))).

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