From 2e04271b58a2378ccf8cfc84e69c7243069a5e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabor Greif <ggreif@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:36:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] explain prelude

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 guide/as-slides.md | 15 ++++++++++-----
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-% "ActorScript"
-
 ### Motivation / Goals
 
-A simple but useful language for writing DFINITY actors.
+A simple but useful language for writing Dfinity actors.
 
-* High-level language for DFINITY dapps
+* High-level language for Dfinity dapps
 * Simple design (K.I.S.S.)
 * Familiar syntax
 * Incorporating ~~actor~~ *canister* model
-* Good fit for Wasm / DFINITY execution
+* Good fit for Wasm / Dfinity execution 
 * Forward looking (anticipating Wasm v.*X*)
 
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@@ -633,6 +631,13 @@ charlie.go("charlie", server);
 
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+### Language prelude
+
+* connects internal primitives with surface syntax (types, operations)
+* conversions `intToWord32`
+* side-effecting operations `printInt` (tie into execution environment)
+* utilities `hashInt`, `clzWord32`
+
 ### Implementation(s)
 
 * implemented in OCaml (leverages `wasm` libary)