Bob Nystrom
6ed15da597
Add `^category` front matter to all language, types, and reference doc pages for site navigation restructuring. Replace `:::wren` and `:::java` code block annotations with `:::dart` across multiple files. Create new stub pages for core-libraries, embedding-api, and contributing under the reference category. Remove the old embedding and getting-involved stub pages.
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40 lines
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^title Welcome!
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Wren is a *small, clean, fast, class-based scripting language.* Think Smalltalk
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in a Lua-sized package.
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:::dart
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IO.print("Hello, world!")
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class Wren {
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adjectives = ["sm\nall", "clean", "fast"]
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languageType {
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"scripting"
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}
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}
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* **Wren is small.** The codebase is under 4,000 semicolons which keeps the
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language and libraries small enough to fit in your head. You can skim
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[the whole thing][src] in one sitting.
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* **Wren is clean.** The codebase is *small*, but not *dense*. It is readable
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and [lovingly-commented][nan]. It's written in warning-free standard C99.
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* **Wren is fast.** A fast single-pass compiler to tight bytecode, and a
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compact object representation help Wren [compete with other dynamic
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languages][perf].
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* **Wren is class-based.** There are lots of scripting languages out there,
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but many have unusual or non-existent object models. Wren places
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[classes][] front and center.
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* **Wren is a scripting language.** Wren is intended for embedding in
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applications. It has no dependencies, a small standard library,
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and [an easy-to-use C API][embedding].
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[src]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/tree/master/src
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[nan]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/blob/46c1ba92492e9257aba6418403161072d640cb29/src/wren_value.h#L378-L433
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[perf]: performance.html
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[classes]: classes.html
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[embedding]: embedding.html
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