CellDeveloper

The software

CellDeveloper is a software for implementing computing model instances intuitively, fast and comfortably. In addition, the software can launch the instances in their modelspecific UIs.

Compiler

The software works with an own code compiler. The compiler has a unique lexical, syntactical and semantic analizer for understanding the user written code. The program compiles from the personally developed language (CELL) to python.

Lexical elements

There are three different token types that construct the syntax tree.

• Constant tokens
  • Model types:
    • Turing
    • Turmite
    • Automata1D
    • Automata2D
  • Directions:
    • R (right)
    • L (left)
    • S (stay)
  • Others:
    • _ (none value)
• Regular expressions
  • Integers
  • IDs
• Symbols
  • :: (model definition)
  • | (attribute definition)
  • : (attribute declaration)
  • ; (list attribute declaration)
  • [ ] (list)
  • ' (character)
  • => (rule)
  • , (list element separator)
  • # (oneline comment)
  • / / (multiline comment)

Syntax tree

Model structure:

id :: Type
| attribute : value
| list_attribute
    ; value
    ; value

Character structure:

'char'

Rule structure:

left_side => right_side

List structure:

[value, value, value, ...]

Model classes

Turing-machines

-start		|	int
-accept		|	int
-rules		|	rule list

Turmites

-start		|	int
-rules		|	rule list

1D cellular automatas

-rule		|	rule

2D cellular automatas

-rules		|	rule list
-weight		|	int list list

Command line

The user can run the instances and debug their code in the command line. The different types of messages are shown with different colors as below:

Valid commands

debug				|	debugging current cell file
run <model>			|	runs <model> in shell with cell scale optional
help				|	lists all the valid commands
clear				|	clears console
exit				|	closes CellDeveloper

Model launcher

Launcher interface for cellular automatas

Launcher interface for turing-machines