README

This is an alpha release. For testing only. Use at your own risk. Do not distribute.

To run a test

Pick one of the world_* files and rename it to 'world' - then make it executable. (Rename 'world_win32.exe' to 'world.exe' under Windows). Also download "cortex.w", "user.w" and the libs/, mezz/ and test/ directories (or just the whole ZIP). Start world from a terminal. At the world prompt do this:

w> . ; run the Hello, World! program w> test ; should return true w> m ; will run a Mandelbrot example

If it behaves this way, you are ready to go.

Follow: http://www.world-lang.org World at GitHub: https://github.com/Geomol/World

Have fun!

To get help at the World prompt:

w> help

Known issues

• The memory handling system can't cope with cyclic references.

• Operators don't support literals as their first argument, as functions do, and they don't take refinements.