From d62ad73ae7557eb9dc4ef02dcfc4aaf42f5765d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paladin <futuristicpaladin@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 23:25:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update main.lua

---
 main.lua | 141 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index cc09228..9186c90 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -1,110 +1,65 @@
--- it's like dancing on ice
-local function class(factory,stuff)
-  local meta = stuff
-  for index,item in pairs(stuff) do
-    meta["__"..index] = item
-  end
-  return setmetatable(meta,{
-    __call=function(this,...)
-      setmetatable(factory(...),meta)
-    end
-  })
+local C = 0
+local class_registry = {}
+local function class()
+  C = C + 1
+  class_registry[C] = {}
+  return C
 end
-local function iterate(thing)
-  local closure = pairs(thing)
-  return function(...)
-    local index,item in closure(...)
-    return item
-  end
+local link = function(a,c,v,b)
+  if not a[c] then a[c] = {} end
+  if not b[-c] then b[-c] = {} end
+  a[c][b] = v
+  b[-c][a] = v
 end
-
-local c = class(function()
-  return {i = {}}
-end)
-
-local n = class(function(c,v,a,b)
-  local new = {c = c, v = v, a = a, b = b, s = {}}
-  table.insert(a.s,new)
-  table.insert(c.instances,new)
-  return new
-end)
-local I = 1
-local n = function(c,...)
-  N(c,I,...)
+local classes = {}
+for character in ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz "):gmatch(".") do
+  classes[character] = class()
 end
-
-c.cookie = c()
-c.before = c()
-c.after = c()
-c.out = c()
-c.in = c()
-c.so = c()
-c[";"] = c()
-for i in string.byte("a"),string.byte("z") do c[string.char(i)] = c() end
-do
-  -- !a; !b; !next(a,b) <- !before(b,a) -- if b is after a then a is before b
-  local a = n();
-  local b = n();
-  N(c.so,N(c.next,a,b),N(c.before,b,a))
+classes.next = class()
+classes.inp = class()
+classes.out = class()
+local function l(a,c,v,b)
+  
 end
-
-local function s(r)
-  local objects = {r}
-  local time = 0
-  while true do
-    for o in iterate(objects) do
-      for similar in iterate(o.c.i) do
-        for _depends in iterate(similar.s) do
-          if _depends.c == c.so then
-            for linked in iterate(_depends.b.s) do
-              local fail = false
-              for depends in iterate(linked.s) do
-                if depends.c == c.so and depends.b == linked then
-                  for instanced in iterate(o.s) do
-                    if depends.c == instanced.c then
-                      
-                    end
-                  end
-                end
-              end
-              if not fail then
-                
-              end
-            end
-          end
-        end
+local function r(it)
+  for class,link in pairs(it) do
+    for to,value in pairs(link) do
+      r(to)
+      if class > 0 then
+        l(it,class,value,to)
+      else
+        l(to,-class,value,it)
       end
-      for linked in iterate(o.s) do
-        table.insert(objects,linked)
-      end
-      time = time + 1
-      if time > 100 then return end
     end
   end
 end
-
 while true do
   local input = io.read()
-  local command,rest = input:match("%a*.+")
-  local previous = N(c())
-  local function write(text,author)
-    for char in text:match(".") do
-      if author[char] then
-        local it = n(author[char])
-        N(c.in,it)
-        N(c.after,previous,it)
+  local command,param = input:match("([^%s]+)(.*)")
+  local function say(author,text)
+    local previous
+    for character in text:gmatch(".") do
+      if classes[character] then
+        local it = {}
+        if previous then
+          link(previous,classes.next,I,it)
+        end
+        link(it,classes.inp,I,{})
+        link(it,classes[character],I,{})
+        previous = it
+        r(it)
       end
     end
   end
   (({
-    ["in"] = function()
-      write(rest,c.in)
+    ["inp"] = function(text)
+      say(classes.inp,text)
     end,
-    ["out"] = function()
-      write(rest,c.out)
+    ["out"] = function(text)
+      say(classes.out,text)
     end,
-    ["cookie"] = function()
-      write()
-    end,
-  })[command] or function() write(command..rest,c.in) end)()
+    ["exit"] = function()
+      os.exit()
+    end
+  })[command] or function(param) print("Unexpected command: '"..command.."' for '"..param.."''") end)(param)
 end