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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/janet-lang/janet/master/assets/janet-w200.png" alt="Janet logo" width=200 align="left">
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**Janet** is a functional and imperative programming language and bytecode interpreter. It is a
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modern lisp, but lists are replaced
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by other data structures with better utility and performance (arrays, tables, structs, tuples).
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The language also supports bridging to native code written in C, meta-programming with macros, and bytecode assembly.
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There is a repl for trying out the language, as well as the ability
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to run script files. This client program is separate from the core runtime, so
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janet could be embedded into other programs. Try janet in your browser at
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[https://janet-lang.org](https://janet-lang.org).
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## Use Cases
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Janet makes a good system scripting language, or a language to embed in other programs. Think Lua or Guile.
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## Features
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* Minimal setup - one binary and you are good to go!
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* First class closures
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* Garbage collection
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* First class green threads (continuations)
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* Python style generators (implemented as a plain macro)
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* Mutable and immutable arrays (array/tuple)
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* Mutable and immutable hashtables (table/struct)
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* Mutable and immutable strings (buffer/string)
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* Lisp Macros
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* Byte code interpreter with an assembly interface, as well as bytecode verification
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* Tailcall Optimization
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* Direct interop with C via abstract types and C functions
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* Dynamically load C libraries
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* Functional and imperative standard library
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* Lexical scoping
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* Imperative programming as well as functional
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* REPL
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* Parsing Expression Grammars built in to the core library
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* 300+ functions and macros in the core library
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* Embedding Janet in other programs
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* Interactive environment with detailed stack traces
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## Documentation
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* For a quick tutorial, see [the introduction](https://janet-lang.org/introduction.html) for more details.
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* For an overview of functions in the core library, see [the function index](https://janet-lang.org/funcindex.html).
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* For the full API for all functions in the core library, see [the core API doc](https://janet-lang.org/doc.html)
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Documentation is also available locally in the repl.
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Use the `(doc symbol-name)` macro to get API
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documentation for symbols in the core library. For example,
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```
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(doc doc)
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```
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Shows documentation for the doc macro.
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To get a list of all bindings in the default
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environment, use the `(all-symbols)` function.
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## Installation
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See [the Introduction](https://janet-lang.org/introduction.html) for more details.
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## Usage
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A repl is launched when the binary is invoked with no arguments. Pass the -h flag
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to display the usage information. Individual scripts can be run with `./janet myscript.janet`
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If you are looking to explore, you can print a list of all available macros, functions, and constants
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by entering the command `(all-bindings)` into the repl.
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```
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$ ./janet
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Janet 0.0.0 alpha Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Calvin Rose
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janet:1:> (+ 1 2 3)
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6
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janet:2:> (print "Hello, World!")
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Hello, World!
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nil
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janet:3:> (os/exit)
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$ ./janet -h
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usage: ./janet [options] scripts...
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Options are:
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-h Show this help
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-v Print the version string
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-s Use raw stdin instead of getline like functionality
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-e Execute a string of janet
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-r Enter the repl after running all scripts
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-p Keep on executing if there is a top level error (persistent)
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-- Stop handling option
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$
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```
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If installed, you can also run `man janet` to get usage information.
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## Embedding
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The C API for Janet is not yet documented but coming soon.
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Janet can be embedded in a host program very easily. There is a make target
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`make amalg` which creates the file `build/janet.c`, which is a single C file
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that contains all the source to Janet. This file, along with
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`src/include/janet.h` and `src/include/janetconf.h` can dragged into any C
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project and compiled into the project. Janet should be compiled with `-std=c99`
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on most compilers, and will need to be linked to the math library, `-lm`, and
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the dynamic linker, `-ldl`, if one wants to be able to load dynamic modules. If
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there is no need for dynamic modules, add the define
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`-DJANET_NO_DYNAMIC_MODULES` to the compiler options.
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## Examples
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See the examples directory for some example janet code.
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## Discussion
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Feel free to ask questions and join discussion on the [Janet Gitter Channel](https://gitter.im/janet-language/community).
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Alternatively, check out [the #janet channel on Freenode](https://webchat.freenode.net/)
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## Why Janet
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Janet is named after the almost omniscient and friendly artificial being in [The Good Place](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Place).
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<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/janet-lang/janet/master/assets/janet-the-good-place.gif" alt="Janet logo" width="115px" align="left">
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