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@@ -7,20 +7,14 @@ It's meant to be a functional, statically-typed Lisp that will run on several pl ### What's the current version? -0.3.3 +0.4.0 ### How far ahead is the project? -The Java-bytecode compiler is feature-complete. - -Optimizations and other minor improvements are on the way. +Lux is finally in the **beta** stage. The JVM compiler is pretty stable and the standard library has grown to a respectable size. ### How can I use it? -Download the 0.3.3 compiler from here: https://github.com/LuxLang/lux/releases/download/0.3.3/luxc.jar - -Once you download the compiler, you'll want to create a directory named "source" in the same directory where the compiler is located. - You should use the Leiningen plugin for Lux to compile your programs and manager your dependencies. You can find it here: https://github.com/LuxLang/lux-lein @@ -35,8 +29,6 @@ To take a look at a sample Lux project, please take a look at this repository: h The program in there was actually used to generate most of the documentation for the standard library in the wiki (located over here: https://github.com/LuxLang/lux/wiki/Standard-Library) -You can also checkout this tutorial, which includes a sample TODO web-app: http://luxlang.blogspot.com/2015/12/lux-tutorial-1-simple-todo-list-using.html - ### What's the license? Mozilla Public License v2.0 @@ -87,8 +79,7 @@ Functions are curried and partial application is as simple as just applying a fu e.g. - (let [inc (i+ 1)] - (map inc (list 1 2 3 4 5))) + (map (+ 1) (list 1 2 3 4 5)) ### Code portability @@ -122,21 +113,21 @@ But you can also use them to destructure them inside pattern-matching: (case (: (List Int) (list 1 2 3)) (#Cons x (#Cons y (#Cons z #Nil))) - (#Some ($ int:* x y z)) + (#Some ($_ * x y z)) _ #None) (case (: (List Int) (list 1 2 3)) (\ (list x y z)) - (#Some ($ int:* x y z)) + (#Some ($_ * x y z)) _ #None) There is also the special **\or** macro, which introduces *or patterns*: - (deftype Weekday + (type: Weekday (| #Monday #Tuesday #Wednesday @@ -145,7 +136,7 @@ There is also the special **\or** macro, which introduces *or patterns*: #Saturday #Sunday)) - (def (weekend? day) + (def: (weekend? day) (-> Weekday Bool) (case day (\or #Saturday #Sunday) |