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ELENA is a general-purpose, object-oriented, polymorphic language with late binding. It features message dispatching/manipulation, dynamic object mutation, a script engine / interpreter and mix-ins. |
ELENA is a general-purpose, object-oriented, polymorphic language with late binding. It features message dispatching/manipulation, dynamic object mutation, a script engine / interpreter and mix-ins. |
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The simplest program |
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To create a simple console program we have to declare the **program** symbol in the project root namespace: |
To create a simple console program we have to declare the **program** symbol in the project root namespace: |
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**Console::write** method is similar to **writeLine** except that it writes to the output screen without a new line character. |
**Console::write** method is similar to **writeLine** except that it writes to the output screen without a new line character. |
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Declaring a variable |
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A variable can be declared in an assignment statement starting with **var** attribute: |
A variable can be declared in an assignment statement starting with **var** attribute: |
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system'startUp(5) |
system'startUp(5) |
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Basic Types |
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The Boolean Type |
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Boolean type is used in conditional operations and may accept only two Boolean literals - **true** and **false**. |
Boolean type is used in conditional operations and may accept only two Boolean literals - **true** and **false**. |
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