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authorhyphz <drmoose94@gmail.com>2017-07-18 17:56:42 +0100
committerhyphz <drmoose94@gmail.com>2017-07-18 17:56:42 +0100
commit5ab5cb9800822d607be2c6ac943377811db98158 (patch)
tree3c804707822744c20da1de54ff60fc8c3197781b /paren.html.markdown
parent62102d02992f83b3a1fb745a39f36332dd4435b7 (diff)
parent6e7c5c793327f4a63b13e555894597915ca91fda (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'adambard/master'
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diff --git a/paren.html.markdown b/paren.html.markdown
index cde14853..701cadfd 100644
--- a/paren.html.markdown
+++ b/paren.html.markdown
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ language: Paren
filename: learnparen.paren
contributors:
- ["KIM Taegyoon", "https://github.com/kimtg"]
+ - ["Claudson Martins", "https://github.com/claudsonm"]
---
[Paren](https://bitbucket.org/ktg/paren) is a dialect of Lisp. It is designed to be an embedded language.
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ some-var ; => 5
;; Accessing a previously unassigned variable is an exception
; x ; => Unknown variable: x : nil
-;; Local binding: Use lambda calculus! `a' and `b' are bound to `1' and `2' only within the (fn ...)
+;; Local binding: Use lambda calculus! 'a' and 'b' are bound to '1' and '2' only within the (fn ...)
((fn (a b) (+ a b)) 1 2) ; => 3
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
@@ -88,12 +89,12 @@ some-var ; => 5
;; Lists are vector-like data structures. (Random access is O(1).)
(cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 (list)))) ; => (1 2 3)
-;; `list' is a convenience variadic constructor for lists
+;; 'list' is a convenience variadic constructor for lists
(list 1 2 3) ; => (1 2 3)
;; and a quote can also be used for a literal list value
(quote (+ 1 2)) ; => (+ 1 2)
-;; Can still use `cons' to add an item to the beginning of a list
+;; Can still use 'cons' to add an item to the beginning of a list
(cons 0 (list 1 2 3)) ; => (0 1 2 3)
;; Lists are a very basic type, so there is a *lot* of functionality for
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ some-var ; => 5
;; 3. Functions
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; Use `fn' to create functions.
+;; Use 'fn' to create functions.
;; A function always returns the value of its last expression
(fn () "Hello World") ; => (fn () Hello World) : fn
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ some-var ; => 5
(set hello-world (fn () "Hello World"))
(hello-world) ; => "Hello World"
-;; You can shorten this using the function definition syntatcic sugae:
+;; You can shorten this using the function definition syntactic sugar:
(defn hello-world2 () "Hello World")
;; The () in the above is the list of arguments for the function
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ some-var ; => 5
;; 4. Equality
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; for numbers use `=='
+;; for numbers use '=='
(== 3 3.0) ; => true
(== 2 1) ; => false
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ some-var ; => 5
;; 6. Mutation
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
-;; Use `set' to assign a new value to a variable or a place
+;; Use 'set' to assign a new value to a variable or a place
(set n 5) ; => 5
(set n (inc n)) ; => 6
n ; => 6