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amperzand the Language Outline

So imagine a .html page. If the parse starts in the abstract syntax tree of amperzand and < opening a tag is treated as a statement until <z /> closes the statement back into the language syntax tree as a printed literal, it becomes an easy extension of a C style syntax with duck typing (but not coercion to stings as I hate that "feature").

  • A - &amp; - a literal of use.
  • B - break;
  • C - continue;
  • D - do {} while();
  • E - export <name> - a prefix which exports a name, perhaps even as assigned.
  • F - for(;;) {}
  • G - gallowed <sub-name>; - a prefix which allows a hash loaded usage of a new included sub-file.
  • H - hallowed <super-name>; - a prefix which allows a file to be used by inclusion in a super file.
  • I - if() {} else {}
  • J - true
  • K - false
  • L - &lt; - another useful literal.
  • M - main(<number>) {} - a numbered from zero parameter argument with anonymous inner class extension.
  • N - new <file-name>(<args>) {} - instancing a new file as an object with anonymous outer class extension.
  • O - obj(<string>) - parses a new object from string.
  • P - &apos; - occasionally useful.
  • Q - &quot; - more useful.
  • R - return <x>;
  • S - switch() { case : break; default: break; }
  • T - this - object orientation.
  • U - utf8(<obj>) - make an explicit string cast.
  • V - void(<obj>) - a void object with a sub-object explanation monad.
  • W - while() {}
  • X - xref(<string>) - a string to variable reference lookup. Maybe used on the LHS of assignment.
  • Y - yield <x>; - a return variant for continuations.
  • Z - <z /> - a syntax end delimiter of the HTML statement.

And that's about it. Default values from code would have to be entered through the DOM. I think it's technically sufficient.