python-cardiac-emu

A simple CARDIAC interpreter written in Python

Properties

• Emulates programs written for the CARDIAC architecture
• Ignores behavior left undefined in the specification to keep things simple (e.g., no out-of-bounds checks)
• No dependencies, just plain Python 3.6+ (minimum Python version due to variable annotations)

Caveats

• No explicit support for negative memory cells
• No exception handling: Buggy programs can crash the emulator
• No debugging tools

Usage

$ python3 main.py example_programs/powers_of_2.txt 
001
002
004
008
016
032
064
128
256
512

Resources and inspiration

• https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~bls96/museum/CARDIAC_manual.pdf
• https://www.cs.drexel.edu/~bls96/museum/cardiac.html