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.oil extensions


                    +-- yarn.lock

                    +-- Extracts

                    +   +-- corn.oil

                    +   +-- truffle.oil

                    +   +-- olive.oil
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Stylish comments


                  | Have you ever seen such

                  | stylish comments?


                  | ...

                  | We didn't think so
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Types


                    | built in matrix support

                    A, B := [0, 4 ,5], [[3], [7]]


                    | and something we call ranges

                    evens = [0:2:10)

Some other features...

Variable Declarations


              | immutable

              x = 2.5

              | mutable

              y := 2.3

Built in Constants


              print(e)

              | 2.71828182845...

              print(pi)

              | 3.14159265359...

Yes, divmod is /%


                integer_division = 7 // 2

                modulus = 7 % 2

                (div, mod) = 7 /% 2

Sets and Dictionaries


                    color = {'r': 0, 'g': 12, 'b': -3}

                    friends = {'mom'}

Matrix and Tuples


                      stuff = (True, 'yo', 10)

                      W = [[0, 1, 1], [0, 0, 1], [0, 0, 1]]

                      v = [1, 2, 3, 4]

String interpolation


                        greeting = 'hello'

                        name = 'olive'

                        print(`${greeting}, ${name}`)

Functions


                  pun: number -> string

                  pun (x) =

                    return 'pun'

Type Annotations


                  eval_mod: (number -> number), number -> number

                  eval_mod (x, y) =

                    return x(y % 10)

Type Variables


                    eval_mistery: (number -> _), number -> _

                    eval_mistery (x, y) =

                      return x(y)

If


                so = False

                if (so)

                  print('please')

                else

                  print('dont')

For


                  for i in [0:1:10)

                    print(i)


                  W = [[1, 2, 3],[4, 5, 6]]

                  for row in W

                    print(max(row))

While


                  i := 10

                  while (i >= 0)

                    print(i)

                    i := i - 1 | you should not do this...