Finite State Language - Programming language

Finite State Language is a programming language created in 2016.

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Finite State Language, or FSL (pronounced "fossil,") is a programming language to make complex Finite State Machines easy to create and maintain. Finite State Machines can help make your code simpler, easier to test, more provable, and easier to reason about.

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Early development of Finite State Language happened in https://github.com/StoneCypher/jssm/issues
See also: (1 related languages) DOT
Read more about Finite State Language on the web: 1.

Example from the web:

machine_name: "Traffic light";

flow: down;

arrange [Green Yellow];

Off 'Enable' -> Red;
  Red 'Next' => Green 'Next' => Yellow 'Next' => Red;

[Red Yellow Green] ~> Off;

// visual styling

state Red    : { background-color: pink;        corners: rounded; };
state Yellow : { background-color: lightyellow; corners: rounded; };
state Green  : { background-color: lightgreen;  corners: rounded; };

state Off : {
  background-color : steelblue;
  text-color       : white;
  shape            : octagon;
  linestyle        : dashed;
};

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Comments	✓	// A comment
Line Comments	✓	// A comment	//
Semantic Indentation	X