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Preamble
The Toy programming language is a procedural bytecode-intermediate interpreted language. It isn't intended to operate on it's 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.
Nifty Features
- Simple C-like syntax
- Bytecode intermediate compilation
importandexportvariables from the host program- Optional, but robust type system
- functions and types are first-class citizens
- Fancy slice notation for strings, arrays and dictionaries
- Open source under the zlib license
Getting Started
Version Differences
There have been a number of versions of Toy over the years, the current actively developed version is called 0.6.0 for the time being. It is recommended that you use the most recent version available.