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diff --git a/whip.html.markdown b/whip.html.markdown index dc5a0b39..e7e5e427 100644 --- a/whip.html.markdown +++ b/whip.html.markdown @@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ language: whip contributors: - ["Tenor Biel", "http://github.com/L8D"] + - ["Saurabh Sandav", "http://github.com/SaurabhSandav"] author: Tenor Biel author_url: http://github.com/L8D filename: whip.lisp --- Whip is a LISP-dialect made for scripting and simplified concepts. -It has also borrowed a lot of functions and syntax from Haskell(a non-related language). +It has also borrowed a lot of functions and syntax from Haskell (a non-related language). These docs were written by the creator of the language himself. So is this line. @@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ not_in_form (called_function args) ; Majority of operations are done with functions -; All the basic arihmetic is pretty straight forward +; All the basic arithmetic is pretty straight forward (+ 1 1) ; => 2 (- 2 1) ; => 1 (* 1 2) ; => 2 @@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ not_in_form true false -; String are created with ". +; Strings are created with ". "Hello, world" ; Single chars are created with '. @@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ false (= 1 1) ; => true (equal 2 1) ; => false -; For example, inequality would be combinding the not and equal functions. +; For example, inequality would be combining the not and equal functions. (! (= 2 1)) ; => true ; More comparisons @@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ null ; used to indicate a deliberate non-value undefined ; user to indicate a value that hasn't been set ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; -; 2. Vairbles, Lists, and Dicts +; 2. Variables, Lists, and Dicts ; Variables are declared with the `def` or `let` functions. -; Variab;es that haven't been set will be `undefined`. +; Variables that haven't been set will be `undefined`. (def some_var 5) ; `def` will keep the variable in the global context. -; `let` will only have the variable inside it's context, and has a wierder syntax. +; `let` will only have the variable inside its context, and has a weirder syntax. (let ((a_var 5)) (+ a_var 5)) ; => 10 (+ a_var 5) ; = undefined + 5 => undefined @@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ undefined ; user to indicate a value that hasn't been set ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; 3. Logic and Control sequences -; The `if` function is pretty simple, though different than most imperitave langs. +; The `if` function is pretty simple, though different than most imperative langs. (if true "returned if first arg is true" "returned if first arg is false") ; => "returned if first arg is true" @@ -159,24 +160,24 @@ undefined ; user to indicate a value that hasn't been set ; | | arguments ; | lambda declaration function ; | -; name of the to-be-decalred lambda +; name of the to-be-declared lambda (my_function 10 10) ; = (+ (+ 10 10) 10) => 30 -; Obiously, all lambdas by definition are anonymous and -; technically always used anonymouesly. Redundancy. +; Obviously, all lambdas by definition are anonymous and +; technically always used anonymously. Redundancy. ((lambda (x) x) 10) ; => 10 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; Comprehensions ; `range` or `..` generates a list of numbers for -; each number between it's two args. +; each number between its two args. (range 1 5) ; => (1 2 3 4 5) (.. 0 2) ; => (0 1 2) -; `map` applies it's first arg(which should be a lambda/function) -; to each item in the following arg(which should be a list) +; `map` applies its first arg (which should be a lambda/function) +; to each item in the following arg (which should be a list) (map (-> (x) (+ x 1)) (1 2 3)) ; => (2 3 4) ; Reduce @@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ undefined ; user to indicate a value that hasn't been set (slice (.. 1 5) 2) ; => (3 4 5) (\ (.. 0 100) -5) ; => (96 97 98 99 100) -; `append` or `<<` is self expanatory +; `append` or `<<` is self explanatory (append 4 (1 2 3)) ; => (1 2 3 4) (<< "bar" ("foo")) ; => ("foo" "bar") |