sandbox/misc/turing-machine/turing.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
X_B = {
('B', 's1'): ('X', 'R', 's2'),
('B', 's2'): ('B', 'L', 's3'),
('X', 's3'): ('B', 'R', 's4'),
('B', 's4'): ('B', 'L', 's1')
}
def simulate(instructions):
# set up initial state
# note that tape is hard-coded for now, but should be a data structure that
# can grow in either direction and the state shouldn't be hard-coded. This
# works for the initial pass at this.
tape, head, state = ['B', 'B'], 0, 's1'
# loop: this should be an infinite loop (with a possible halting state in the state table)
for _ in range(8):
print(state + ': ' + ''.join(tape))
print(' ' + ' ' * head + '^')
# look up instruction
(tape[head], head_dir, state) = instructions[(tape[head], state)]
# apply instruction
head += 1 if head_dir == 'R' else -1
# sanity checks
assert(head_dir in ['R', 'L'])
assert(head >= 0)
assert(head < len(tape))
# four lines of actual code that can simulate any CPU
simulate(X_B)