A Simple Ruby DSL

It's very easy to create a new language with ruby, here's a simple DSL

class SleepActivity

  def initialize(name)
    @name = name
  end

  def start(&block)
    sleep 1
    puts "#{@name} goes to bed"
    instance_eval &block if block_given?
  end

  def slumber(&block)
    sleep 1
    puts "#{@name} is starting to sleep"
    instance_eval &block if block_given?
  end

  def cycle(period, &block)
    sleep 1
    period.times do |time|
      puts "Sleep cycle #{time + 1}:"
      instance_eval &block if block_given?
    end
  end

  def awake(duration)
    sleep 1
    puts "Still awake for #{duration} minutes"
  end

  def light_sleep(duration)
    sleep 1
    puts "Sleeping lightly for #{duration} minutes"
  end

  def deep_sleep(duration)
    sleep 1
    puts "Sleeping deeply for #{duration} minutes"
  end

  def rem(duration)
    sleep 1
    puts "REM for #{duration} minutes"
  end

end

if $PROGRAM_NAME == __FILE__
  sleep_activity = SleepActivity.new("Sam")
  sleep_activity.start do
    awake 5
    slumber do
      cycle 5 do
        light_sleep 20
        deep_sleep 60
        rem 10
      end
    end
  end
end

Here's the output

samdc@mango:~/dev/ruby/projects/dsl$ ruby dsl_interpreter.rb 
Sam goes to bed
Still awake for 5 minutes
Sam is starting to sleep
Sleep cycle 1:
Sleeping lightly for 20 minutes
Sleeping deeply for 60 minutes
REM for 10 minutes
Sleep cycle 2:
Sleeping lightly for 20 minutes
Sleeping deeply for 60 minutes
REM for 10 minutes
Sleep cycle 3:
Sleeping lightly for 20 minutes
Sleeping deeply for 60 minutes
REM for 10 minutes
Sleep cycle 4:
Sleeping lightly for 20 minutes
Sleeping deeply for 60 minutes
REM for 10 minutes
Sleep cycle 5:
Sleeping lightly for 20 minutes
Sleeping deeply for 60 minutes
REM for 10 minutes