Language basics

examples/language_basics.kl

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+main :: (): int
+  // Language has a bunch of standard builtin types:
+  // Signed integer types = S64, S32, S16, S8, int
+  // Unsigned integer types = U64, U32, U16, U8,
+  // Floating point types = F64, F32
+  // String type = String
+  // Character type for compatibility with C = char
+
+  // This is how we can assign variables
+  // There is no need for prefixes, compiler figures
+  // out the format by itself
+  signed_variable: S32 = 10
+  unsigned_variable: U32 = 10
+
+  // We can also tell the compiler to infer the type
+  this_is_s64_by_default := 10
+  this_is_f64_by_default := 10.1251
+  this_is_string_by_default := "Thing"
+
+  // Reassigning values is exactly like in other languages
+  this_is_s64_by_default = 20
+  this_is_string_by_default = "Other_Thing"
+  this_is_f64_by_default = 15.1255
+
+  // @todo: Add type_of operator!!!
+  // assert(type_of(this_is_string_by_default) == String)
+  // assert(type_of(this_is_s64_by_default) == S64)
+
+  // There are also constant bindings in the language.
+  // You can bind all sorts of constants to names this way.
+  INT_VALUE :: 10
+  FLOAT_VALUE :: 124.125
+
+  // For constants we can mix and match different types
+  COMBINE_VALUE :: INT_VALUE + FLOAT_VALUE
+
+  // When it comes to runtime variables it's a bit different
+  // To do this we need a cast
+  combining_types := this_is_s64_by_default->F64 + this_is_f64_by_default
+  combining_s64_and_s32 := signed_variable->S64 + this_is_s64_by_default
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