## Yard Yard is an funny programming language compiler and interpreter written in pure Rust. Its a functional language, having no concept of classes or inheritance. Types are static and must be known at compile time. It contains features such as: 1. a COMEFROM keyword (inverse goto) 2. a `don't` code block which never executes 3. no if. only `unless`, an inverted version of if. Meaning a block gets executed if the expression is false 4. three spaces start a single line comment 5. many ways of making comments: `// comment`, `:REM: comment`, `# comment`, `-- comment --` cuz we can ### Keywords
Syntax | Description | Example |
Unless | Inverted if. Only executes the following block if the expression is false |
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Loop | While(true)-Loop. Loops forever until either yield, ret, break are used. Loop take no boolean expression. |
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cont | Short form for “continue”. Jumps to the next iteration of a loop | |
break | Exits a loop immediately | |
yield | Returns from a function with an argument as return value |
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ret | Short form for “return”. This keyword takes no argument and returns from a function. NOTE: if ret is used in a function with a return type, an error occurs. | |
please | Decides on runtime wether a block should be executed or not. |
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