readme.1st
jiri babor
jbabor@paradise.net.nz
17 Oct 2001


Just a few notes:

    view intro.html or read intro.txt

    translator program: x.ex

    to invoke translator:
        ex.exe  x.ex  input_filename  [output_filename]
    output_filename is optional, in its absence, out.ex will contain
    the output of the main file

    translations of imported files will be in files named after the
    import alias plus '.e' extensions

    remember: X uses PREFIX notation! (including range operator inside
    square brackets!)

    the 'dot' notation is used to access imported symbols

    global symbols have the same scope as in Euphoria

    tables (associative lists) can be manipulated via 'colon' notation:
        = my_table:age 33   # same as "store my_table 'age' 33"
                            # cell with 'age' label now has a value 33
                            # if 'age' cell does not exist, it is created
                            # if my_table does not exist, it is created
        put my_table:age    # same as "put fetch my_table 'age'"
                            # 33 will be printed to the current output