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# Language spec
- Dynamically and weakly typed, interpreted
- Impure functions marked with ! (convention)
- Boolean functions marked with ? (convention)
- Loops implemented with recursion
## Value types
Number -3.14
Symbol PI
Boolean true
String "foobar"
Vector [1 2 3]
Hash map { a 1 b 2 }
Function (\[x y] (+ x y))
## Syntax
### Function calls
A sequence of values surrounded by parens is considered a function call In a function call, the first element must evaluate to a function value. The function will be invoked with the rest of the elements as arguments to the function.
### Function definition
Calling the builtin variadic function '\' constructs a new function. The first argument must be a vector of symbols (parameter list). The rest of the arguments form the function body. The evaluated value of the last argument is returned as the return value of the function.
### Currying
Functions are automatically curried
E.g.
(let f1 (\[x y] (+ x y)))
(let f2 (\[x] (\[y] (+ x y))))
; f1 equivalent to f2
## Some builtin functions
`let`
Evaluates second argument and stores the resulting value in the environment.
(let sum2 (\[x y] (+ x y)))
`\`
Defines a function.
(\[x y] + x y)
`print!`
Prints a value and a newline.
(print! PI)
`match`
Matches first argument (value) to even positioned arguments (matchers). On match (at position i), evaluates the odd positioned argument (branch) right after it (at position i + 1). If given an even number of arguments, the last argument will act as the default branch.
(match (sum2 1 1)
2 (do-thing)
3 (do-other-thing)
(do-else))
`head`
Gets the first element of a vector.
(head vec)
`tail`
Drops the first element of a vector.
(tail vec)
`prepend`
Pushes the first argument to the front of the second argument (vector).
(prepend x xs)
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