The NeoBASIC Programming Language

Preface

Epigraph

Translations

Basic Concepts

Introduction

Interpreter vs. Compiler

Programming Paradigms

Imperative Programming

NeoBASIC Programs

Sequential Execution

Comments and Hashtags

Interpreter Directive

Pragma Directives

Console and Standard Streams

Built-in Data Types

Constants and Magic Values

Variables and Mutability

Atoms and Symbols

Type Conversions

Literal Data

Atom Literals

ASCII & Unicode Strings

String Formatting

Regular Expression

Primitive Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Financial Operators

Bitwise Operators

Relational Operators

Comparison Operators

Conditional Operators

Range Operators

Logical Operators

Coalescing Operators

Pipeline Operators

Imply Operators

Assignment Operators

Chaining Operators

Redirection Operators

Composite Operators

Miscellaneous Operators

Operator Precedence

Sequence Statements

Assignment Statement

Expression Statement

Label Statement

Empty statement

Conditional Statements

If-Then Statement

Unless Statement

If-Then-Else Expression

Guard Expression

Operating System Shell

Shell Object

Files and Paths

Join Operator

Shell Lookup

Three Little Birds

Rubber Duck Debugging

Songbird Tracing

Canary Testing

Appendix — Language Reference

Appendix A: NeoBASIC Grammar

Appendix B: Reserved Keywords

Appendix C: Lexical Conventions

Appendix D: The Art of NeoBASIC

Appendix E: ISO Standard C++

Appendix F: The C++ Standard Library

Appendix G: Glossary of Coding