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An example of an imaginary programming language
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| /// Integers | |
| 123 | |
| /// Floats | |
| 1.23 | |
| 1. | |
| /// Arbitrary Precision Numbers | |
| 123n | |
| 1.23n | |
| 1n | |
| /// Symbols | |
| :fizbuz | |
| :heyo | |
| /// Text | |
| // these are just tables | |
| "fizbuz" | |
| 'fizbuz' | |
| 'hack \'n\' slash' | |
| ':{'interp'}olation' | |
| /// Tables | |
| {1;2;3} | |
| {4;5;6;} | |
| { | |
| a = 123; | |
| b = 'fizbuz'; | |
| c = 'foo' | |
| } | |
| {a=;b=} | |
| // is the same as | |
| { a = a; b = b; } | |
| { a = 1; }.a // => 1 | |
| { 1 }[1] // => 1 | |
| /// Closures | |
| [x | x + 1] | |
| func(x) | |
| x + 1 | |
| end | |
| func foo(x) | |
| x + 1, x - 1 | |
| end | |
| /// Calling | |
| foo(1, 2, 3) | |
| tbl:fizbuz(1, 2, 3) | |
| // is the same as | |
| tbl.fizbuz(tbl, 1, 2, 3) | |
| /// Variables | |
| let a = b | |
| const a = b | |
| let a, b = b, a | |
| /// Modules | |
| require('./file') | |
| require('module') | |
| return exports | |
| /// Metadata | |
| -package name@version | |
| -author CoderPuppy | |
| -license MIT | |
| /// Statics | |
| // can be resolved at compile-time | |
| static.fizbuz |
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