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1kaya(1)                     Kaya program reference                     kaya(1)
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NAME

6       Kaya - Top-level interpreter for the kaya language
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SYNOPSIS

9       kaya  FILE  [-L  DIRECTORY  [-L ...]] [-libdir DIRECTORY [-libdir ...]]
10       [-force] [-nochase] [-noprelude]  [-nortchecks]  [-noopts]  [-htmldocs]
11       [-xmldocs] [-static] [-profile] [-seedkey STRING] [-dumptac] [-dumpraw]
12       [-dumptree] [-dumpsimpl]  [-dumpeqns]  [-dumpcg]  [-dumpdeps]  [-keepc]
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DESCRIPTION

16       kaya  is a top-level interpreter for the kaya language. It implements a
17       read-eval-print loop, useful for quick evaluation and testing of  func‐
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OPTIONS

21       kaya takes the same options as kayac(1) with the same meaning (although
22       not all options are necessarily useful in this context.
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DOCUMENTATION

25       A set of interpreter commands can be obtained  by  typing  :?   at  the
26       interpreter prompt.
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EXAMPLE OF USAGE

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30| |____ _ _  _ __ _   Kaya top level, version 0.2.6
31| / / _` | || / _` |  http://kayalang.org/
32|_\_\__,_|\_, \__,_|  Type :? for help
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35Kaya> abs(-4)
36Returned (Int): 4
37Kaya> putStrLn("foo")
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39Kaya> putStrLn(foo)
40(top level):1:Unknown name:foo
41Kaya> putStrLn(5)
42(top level):1:Type error in constant 5; has type Int, expected String
43Kaya> putStrLn(abs(5))
44(top level):1:Type error in application of 'abs'; has type Int(Int),
45expected String(t6)
46Kaya> :l stdlib/Strings.k
47Compiling module Strings
48Strings> lc("aBcDe")
49Returned (String): abcde
50Strings> :q
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

54       KAYA_LIBRARY_PATH
55              A  list  of  extra paths to search for kaya libraries. Paths are
56              separated by ':' on Posix systems, and ';' on Windows.
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OBTAINING

59       The  latest  release  of  Kaya  can  be  obtained   from   <http://kay‐
60       alang.org/download>.  You  can receive announcements of new versions of
61       Kaya   by   subscribing   to    the    kaya-announce    mailing    list
62       <http://lists.kayalang.org/lists/listinfo/kaya-announce>
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64       Development  versions  can be obtained using darcs(1) from <http://kay‐
65       alang.org/darcs/>
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BUGS

69       Please report bugs found to <kaya@kayalang.org>
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71       kaya does not currently support all features of the Kaya language.
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LICENSE

75       kaya is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  it  under
76       the  terms  of  the  GNU General Public License (version 2 or any later
77       version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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