[comments are in square brackets]

[begin list with /]
[end list with \]
[items in list separated by &]

[lines terminated by ;]

[arguments given as a list after the .]

[USE brings a module into scope]
USE./"base"&"io"\;

[all variables are mutable at all times]
message="Hello, World!";

[new functions defined with = followed by a list of procedures, which are called procedurally when called]
say.msg=/

[functions/variables in a module are accessed through a ~ (analogous to dot notation)]
msg=io~escape.msg&
io~o.msg
\;

for_each./ build_list./5\ &

say.message

\