syntax.md

Syntax

Annotiations:

• Headings ending with a colon are meant as named paragraphs.
• These cute little things: {:P} … they are just there to make this text fun to read; 'cause fun, fun, fun … {:DDD}

Hello World {:P}

Shebang:

N's shebang is #!$n -n(version).

The first version will be 4.00 because it's based on the works on W3C's RDF/N3. You usally don't want to specify the minor version , so you'll just write #!$n -n4; except you depend on an addition made in a minor version; then you would shebang #!$n -n4.25.

Identifiers:

… are case-sensitive and identify one (or more; see semantics) objects in global space.

When identifiers include "special" chars like whitespace you write: ({spezielle spätzle}). But unicode is supported, so you do not need to write: ({spezialspätzle}), just spezialspätzle is fine.

Example:

#!$n -n4

(_{My comment.})
title {Hello, world!}

Parenthesis {:]}

{strings}

{This} is a literal.

Example:

{
    Multi-[
    ]lined
    {nested}[(char"curly-end)]
    string.
}

===

#{
    Multi-#[
    ]#lined
    {nested}}
    string.
}#

[expressions]

[document id] is an expression entity.

Example:

title [document id'heading]

(escapes)

(char'xi) is a escape entity. A fragment is evaluated eager – before all of the expressions – and returns 0–n strings. These strings are part of the identifiers of the next processing frame.

Example:

math'(char'xi)

Principles :P

has-sister /called \= /{Magrit} |{Ma[char"xi]}
called {Bernhard} \has-brother
has-mother bea

===

has-sister
    /called \=
        {Magrit}
        {Ma[(char'xi)]}
has-brother [called {Bernhard}]

Pseudo-literals :|

Lists

Example:

: /0 |9'1 |9'2

===

:
    0
    9'1
    9'2

Numbers

Numbers are keys of their highest digit (i.e. base minus 1). When the highest digit is 10 or more, the corresponding uppercase letter is used.

Example:

1'10010 (_{Binary})
8'22 (_{Octal})
9'18 (_{Decimal})
F'12 (_{Hexadecimal})
V'I (_{Base32})

Polymorphism {8>}

Example:

has-sister
    /called
        \=
            {Margit}
            {Ma[(char'xi)]}
        {Sonja}
        {Tina}