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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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### 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)
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