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diff --git a/doc/lang.txt b/doc/lang.txt index b0db488..c272133 100644 --- a/doc/lang.txt +++ b/doc/lang.txt @@ -35,20 +35,18 @@ TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. ABOUT: - Myrddin is designed to be a simple, low-level programming - language. It is designed to provide the programmer with - predictable behavior and a transparent compilation model, - while at the same time providing the benefits of strong type - checking, generics, type inference, and similar. Myrddin is - not a language designed to explore the forefront of type - theory or compiler technology. It is not a language that is - focused on guaranteeing perfect safety. Its focus is on being - a practical, small, fairly well defined, and easy to - understand language for work that needs to be close to the - hardware. - - Myrddin is a computer language influenced strongly by C and - ML, with ideas from too many other places to name. + Myrddin is designed to be a simple programming language. + It is designed to provide the programmer with predictable + behavior and a pragmatic set of semantics, providing the + benefits of strong type checking, generics, type inference, + and modern features with a high cost-benefit ratio. Myrddin + is not a language designed to explore the forefront of type + theory or compiler technology. Its focus is on being a + practical, small, well defined, and easy to understand + language for work that needs to be close to the hardware. + + Myrddin is influenced strongly by C and ML, with ideas from + too many other places to name. 2. LEXICAL CONVENTIONS: |