AnyLang Programming Language Comparison/Introduction/Variables

Core concepts declaration assignment assignment by reference assignment by value typing (type system) type conversion (explicit) type conversion (implicit) Common types String - label: string a_abbrv: anylang/string (ss) a_aka: string varchar Array - label: array a_abbrv: anylang/array (aa) a_aka: list simple_sequence Core concepts core_arrayop.append ;; (aka array push) insert a single-element at the highest index. array treated as a single nested element core_arrayop.prepend ;; (aka array unshift) insert element at the lowest index core_arrayop.unappend ;; (aka array pop) remove and return element at the highest index core_arrayop.unprepend ;; (aka array shift) remove and return element at the lowest index Associative array An associative array is a mapping of keys to values. This is also known as a Hash, Hashtable and Dictionary. Associative_array http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_array 2010-05-01 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_arrayFrom "Dive into Python" Note A dictionary in Python is like a hash in Perl. In Perl, variables which store hashes always start with a % character; in Python, variables can be named anything, and Python keeps track of the datatype internally. Note A dictionary in Python is like an instance of the Hashtable class in Java. Note A dictionary in Python is like an instance of the Scripting.Dictionary object in Visual Basic. References