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@@ -30,43 +30,7 @@ One can only hope this feature will be added in the future. *HALK* is a **dubiously-typed**, **procedural**, **interpreted** programming language. Note that all syntax described is liable to sudden and violent change. -```HALK -[comments in square brackets] - -[preprocessor directives] -#INCLUDE 'math.halk'; [looks for a 'math.halk' file in the cwd, then ~/halk/include] -#INCLUDE 'io' AS ''; [bring everything in 'io' into global scope] - - -let.hello -> 'hello, '; [variables must be given a value at declaration] - -let.PI => math/PI; [namespaces are accessed with a '/'] - [constants are denoted with a '=>'] - -fn.greeting,to -> { [functions defined with: `fn.<name>,<argument>,..., -> {<body>};`] - let.message -> strcat.hello,to; [functions are right-associative] - - stdo.message; [since 'io' was brought into global scope, we - do not prefix it with a namespace/] -}; - -fn.sum_all._ -> { [variadic functions are possible with the reserved '_' argument, - which is treated as an array] - return.foldl.+,0,_; -}; - -fn.fibonacci.n -> { - if.or.(num=?.n, 0), (num=?.n, 1) -> { [functions ending in '?' should be predicates] - return.1; - }; - return.+.(fibonacci. -.n, 1), (fibonacci. -.n, 2); [parens can be used to group function application] -}; - -fn.main -> { [where our code will begin executing] - greeting.[comments can be placed *anywhere*]"world."; - exit.0; [exit with code 0 for success] -}; -``` +Examples can be found [here](examples/). ***HALK*** **progress:** 20% |