`beer`

beer is a programming language.

`inspiration`

Most languages aim to provide strong features like

concurrency.
blazingly fast performance.
confusing memory safety on steroids.
A new package/framework/library/runtime every week.

Can't you write a project on a lazy Sunday afternoon, without worrying about the future ?

beer is a lighly brewed language, that aims to provide a simple and fun way to write code.

`features`

beautiful codebase

The codebase is designed for beginner coders to understand and contribute.
Aimed to be extensible and easy to hack on.
Smartly documented with beautiful write-up and self-explanatory code.

expressive syntax

The syntax is not ambiguous and is easy to read.
Looks beautiful and is fun to write.
Errors don't scold you.

batteries included

Comes with a suite of tools to write, test and deploy code.
Write, Test, Refactor quickly.

fun

You fall in love with coding.

`syntax`

`variables`

a: 10 b: 20

`control flow`

if a > b { printf("a is greater than b") }

`functions`

fn add(a, b) { ret a + b }

Call using

add(a:10, b:20)

fn something() { printf("something") } }`

`comments`

;; this is a comment ;;; this is a docstring ;;; before a function it becomes a docstring

`data types`

number, combination of int and float.
string, a sequence of characters.
boolean, true or false.
list, a sequence of elements.
table.

`operators`

+, -, *, /, %.
==, !=, >, <, >=, <=.
&&, ||, !.
++, --.

`tests`

Write a test anywhere.
Just use test instead of fn.

test add { a: 10 b: 20 assert a + b == 30, "addition failed" }

assert can test anything!

`cask`

A cask is a something like a package in other languages.

import math

Export functions using cask keyword.

cask { ;; mention the functions you want to export ;; you can only export functions add, }

Should be at the end of the file.
A directory with a set of files becomes a cask, that can be imported with the directory name.
A directory when run using beer run will find the main function and run it. It shouldn't be exported.

`language`

Open a file with .b as extension and write code.
Run code with beer run <filename>
Generate a new project with beer create
Test code with beer test.

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