Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Acknowledgements
• 2 Type Structure and Description Format
  • 2.1 Type Structure
    • Primary Types
    • Secondary Types
  • 2.2 Variable Status
  • 2.3 Description Format
    • Types
    • Modes
    • Naming Conventions
    • A Note on the Examples
• 3 Values
  • 3.1 Values in General
  • 3.2 Variable Status
  • 3.3 Comparisons
• 4 Numbers
  • 4.1 Numbers in General
  • 4.2 Integers
  • 4.3 Floats
• 5 Literals
  • 5.1 Literals in General
  • 5.2 Atoms
  • 5.3 Names
  • 5.4 Truth Values
  • 5.5 The Value Unit
• 6 Records, Tuples, and Lists
  • 6.1 Records in General
  • 6.2 Tuples
  • 6.3 Lists
• 7 Text
  • 7.1 Characters
  • 7.2 Strings
  • 7.3 Byte Strings
  • 7.4 Virtual Strings
• 8 Procedures and Cells
  • 8.1 Procedures
  • 8.2 Cells
• 9 Chunks
  • 9.1 Chunks in General
  • 9.2 Arrays
  • 9.3 Dictionaries
  • 9.4 Weak Dictionaries
  • 9.5 Bit Arrays
  • 9.6 Ports
  • 9.7 Locks
  • 9.8 Classes
  • 9.9 Objects
    • The BaseObject Class
  • 9.10 Functors
• 10 Control
  • 10.1 General
  • 10.2 Loops
  • 10.3 Time
    • The Repeater Class
  • 10.4 Exceptions
  • 10.5 Threads
• 11 Infix Notations
• 12 Miscellaneous
  • 12.1 Bit Strings
  • 12.2 Foreign Pointers
• Bibliography
• Index