QRscript: Embedding a Programming Language in QR codes to support
  Decision and Management
Stefano Scanzio Gianluca Cena Adriano Valenzano
Embedding a programming language in a QR code is a new and extremely
promising opportunity, as it makes devices and objects smarter without
necessarily requiring an Internet connection. In this paper, all the steps
needed to translate a program written in a high-level programming language to
its binary representation encoded in a QR code, and the opposite process that,
starting from the QR code, executes it by means of a virtual machine, have been
carefully detailed. The proposed programming language was named QRscript, and
can be easily extended so as to integrate new features. One of the main design
goals was to produce a very compact target binary code. In particular, in this
work we propose a specific sub-language (a dialect) that is aimed at encoding
decision trees. Besides industrial scenarios, this is useful in many other
application fields. The reported example, related to the configuration of an
industrial networked device, highlights the potential of the proposed
technology, and permits to better understand all the translation steps.