This is actually my second post, I deleted the first post because I changed the default markup from HTML to Markdown. This means I can easily add nicely syntax highlighted code to my posts. Which will come in handy since the blog will largely be about code.
To prove it, here is a Mandlebrot Set generator in Moya Code:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<moya xmlns="http://moyaproject.com">
<macro docname="main">
<!-- <breakpoint /> -->
<echo>Generates an ASCII mandelbrot set</echo>
<echo>Run with "moya run mandel.xml -e mandel"</echo>
</macro>
<macro docname="mandel">
<let xsize="80" ysize="20" max_iteration="50"/>
<let-str chars=" .,~:;+*%@##"/>
<let xrange="0...xsize" yrange="0...ysize" />
<for src="yrange" dst="pixy">
<let y0="(pixy/ysize) * 2 - 1" row="''" />
<for src="xrange" dst="pixx">
<let x0="(pixx/xsize) * 3 - 2"
x="0" y="0" dst="0" iteration="0"/>
<while test="(x*x + y*y) lt 4 and iteration lt max_iteration">
<let xtemp="x*x - y*y + x0"
y="2*x*y + y0"
x="xtemp"
iteration="iteration + 1"/>
</while>
<let row="row + chars[iteration % 10]" />
</for>
<echo>${row}</echo>
</for>
</macro>
</moya>
I've used this code as a benchmark for Moya since it was capable of running such code. It is a good benchmark because it represents the worst case performance for Moya Code.
To try it out, save the above code as mandel.xml and run the following:
moya run mandel.xml -e mandel
Add the --breakpoint switch if you want to step through the code.