WASP Assembly Text Processor
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I need a compact, well-documented program written entirely in WASP assembly that processes text data. The utility must accept raw text from a file or standard input, then carry out three core operations in sequence:
• Sorting and searching the lines or tokens so I can retrieve specific entries at speed
• Pattern matching against user-supplied strings or simple regex-like masks
• Parsing and extraction of chosen segments into a clean, delimited output
Performance and memory footprint are both important, so please lean on efficient register use and tight branching rather than macro-heavy shortcuts. Annotate the source thoroughly to make the control flow clear, and include a brief README that explains build steps with the standard WASP assembler, command-line usage, and expected input/output formats.
Deliverables
1. Commented .asm source file
2. Compiled binary ready to run on the reference WASP emulator
3. README with build and usage instructions plus two sample test files that demonstrate each operation
I will run the program through my own regression tests; acceptance is complete when all three operations return correct, repeatable results on those datasets.
• Sorting and searching the lines or tokens so I can retrieve specific entries at speed
• Pattern matching against user-supplied strings or simple regex-like masks
• Parsing and extraction of chosen segments into a clean, delimited output
Performance and memory footprint are both important, so please lean on efficient register use and tight branching rather than macro-heavy shortcuts. Annotate the source thoroughly to make the control flow clear, and include a brief README that explains build steps with the standard WASP assembler, command-line usage, and expected input/output formats.
Deliverables
1. Commented .asm source file
2. Compiled binary ready to run on the reference WASP emulator
3. README with build and usage instructions plus two sample test files that demonstrate each operation
I will run the program through my own regression tests; acceptance is complete when all three operations return correct, repeatable results on those datasets.