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# Preamble
The Toy programming language is a procedural bytecode-intermediate interpreted language. It isn't intended to operate on its own, but rather as part of another program, the "host". This process is intended to allow a decent amount of easy customisation by the host's end user, by exposing logic in script files. Alternatively, binary files in a custom format can be used as well.
The host will provide all of the extensions needed on a case-by-case basis. Script files have the `.toy` file extension, while binary files have the `.tb` file extension.
```
fn makeCounter() { //declare a function like this
var total: int = 0; //declare a variable with a type like this
fn counter(): int { //declare a return type like this
return ++total;
}
return counter; //closures are explicitly supported
}
var tally = makeCounter();
print tally(); //1
print tally(); //2
print tally(); //3
```
# Nifty Features
* Simple C-like syntax
* Bytecode intermediate compilation
* Optional, but robust type system (including `opaque` for arbitrary data)
* Functions and types are first-class citizens
* Import external libraries
* Fancy slice notation for strings, arrays and dictionaries
* Can re-direct output, error and assertion failure messages
* Open source under the zlib license
# Getting Started
* [Quick Start Guide](quick-start-guide)
* [Types](types)
* [About Library](about-library)
* [Standard Library](standard-library)
* [Runner Library](runner-library)
* [Game Engine](game-engine)
# Full C API
* Coming Soon! (check out the [Embedding Toy](embedding-toy) page for a brief description for now)
# Deep Dive
* [Theorizing Toy](theorizing-toy)
* [Building Toy](building-toy)
* [Embedding Toy](embedding-toy)
* [Compiling Toy](compiling-toy)
* [Developing Toy](developing-toy)
* [Testing Toy](testing-toy)
* [Roadmap](roadmap)