Raven Manual

In progress, and as yet, no particular order.

• Whitespace and Indentation
• Running the Engine
• Interactive Console
• Generators, Modifiers, and Consumers
• Function Definitions
• Variables, Lists, and Hashes
• Making Decisions and Loops
• Classes and Objects
• String Matching and Regular Expressions
• File Access
• Standard IO
• Shell Access
• MySQL
• Error Handling
• Configuration Files

Core Words

In the interest if keeping things clean, functions only get added to the core when they are needed, and not because [insert-other-language] implements them. This has two results:

• Reduced namespace pollution, so function names remain easy to remember without hyphens, underscores, or studly caps.
• Functionality gradually grows into a lean ideal library shaped by real world use without accumulating bloat.

That doesn't mean it is difficult to get functionality added; just ask, and assuming a case can be made, new functions are welcome.

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