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== The standard library ==
Similarly to almost all modern languages, the Sparkling distribution comes with a bunch of utility and run-time support functions bundled in various "packages" of the Sparkling standard library. These packages can be loaded separately by the host program (i. e. the native environment that runs the Sparkling interpreter); in the default mode, however, all standard functions are loaded at the beginning of a Sparkling session (represented by an
The currently available standard packages are:
* I/O routines (writing/reading to/from standard streams and files)
* String manipulation: searching for and creating substrings, creating formatted strings, etc.
* Array and associative array manipulation, including sorting, searching and functional-style list processing, such as <tt>map()</tt> and <tt>reduce()</tt>
* Floating-point, integral and complex mathematical functions
* Shell and environment access (including system date and time), and access to the Sparkling API itself (e. g. compiling to bytecode, stack traces, etc.)
== Implementation ==
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