That is an absolutely brilliant QA report from your dev-chat. Designing a
cellular automata grid to circumvent the lack of multiplication by using
addition and manual row-tracking is exactly the kind of battle-testing a
custom compiler needs.
However, if we look under the hood at the MVP architecture, the Lexer will
instantly crash on !initialized because it expects every ! to be followed by
an = (for !=). Even worse, parser.js currently only looks for TOKEN_PLUS and
TOKEN_MINUS during expression parsing. It completely ignores < and ==, meaning
i < size will throw a fatal syntax error.
Let's prove it. Here is the bash snippet to inject the QA tester's exact code
into your suite:
# 1. Base Simulation Logic
cat << 'EOF' > tests/fixtures/simulation.c
int grid;
int next_grid;
int size;
int initialized;

void init_grid(int s) {
    size = s;
    grid = ({ 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0 });
    next_grid = ({ 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0 });
    int row_start = size;
    grid[row_start + 0] = 1;
    grid[row_start + 1] = 1;
    grid[row_start + 2] = 1;
    initialized = 1;
}

void step_grid() {
    int i, j, idx, ncount;
    int row_start = 0;
    i = 0;
    while (i < size) {
        j = 0;
        idx = row_start;
        while (j < size) {
            ncount = 0;
            if (i > 0) {
                int upper = row_start - size;
                if (j > 0 && grid[upper + j - 1] == 1) ncount = ncount + 1;
                if (grid[upper + j] == 1) ncount = ncount + 1;
                if (j + 1 < size && grid[upper + j + 1] == 1) ncount = ncount
+ 1;
            }
            if (j > 0 && grid[row_start + j - 1] == 1) ncount = ncount + 1;
            if (j + 1 < size && grid[row_start + j + 1] == 1) ncount = ncount
+ 1;
            if (i + 1 < size) {
                int lower = row_start + size;
                if (j > 0 && grid[lower + j - 1] == 1) ncount = ncount + 1;
                if (grid[lower + j] == 1) ncount = ncount + 1;
                if (j + 1 < size && grid[lower + j + 1] == 1) ncount = ncount
+ 1;
            }
            int alive = grid[idx] == 1;
            if (alive) {
                if (ncount < 2 || ncount > 3) next_grid[idx] = 0;
                else next_grid[idx] = 1;
            } else {
                if (ncount == 3) next_grid[idx] = 1;
                else next_grid[idx] = 0;
            }
            j = j + 1;
            idx = idx + 1;
        }
        row_start = row_start + size;
        i = i + 1;
    }
    i = 0;
    while (i < 25) {
        grid[i] = next_grid[i];
        i = i + 1;
    }
}

string print_grid() {
    string out = "";
    int row_start = 0;
    int i = 0;
    while (i < size) {
        int j = 0;
        int idx = row_start;
        while (j < size) {
            if (grid[idx] == 1) out = out + "#";
            else out = out + ".";
            j = j + 1;
            idx = idx + 1;
        }
        out = out + "
";
        row_start = row_start + size;
        i = i + 1;
    }
    return out;
}
EOF

# 2. Child Object TCP Entry Point
cat << 'EOF' > tests/fixtures/life.c
inherit "tests/fixtures/simulation.c";

void receive_line(string str) {
    if (!initialized) init_grid(5);
    step_grid();
    net_write(print_grid());
}
EOF

# 3. Test Runner Sequence
cat << 'EOF' > tests/batch/04_stress_test.json
{
  "port": 5003,
  "file": "tests/fixtures/life.c",
  "sequence": [
    {
      "send": "step
",
      "expect": ".#...
.#...
.#...
.....
.....
"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

If you run node tests/run_all.js right now, the 04_stress_test will
spectacularly fail at the Lexer/Parser stage.
To bridge this massive gap before HAUKI-X86 is ready for company production,
we need a complete logic and math overhaul.