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This wiki documents the Pipefish programming language. At present, it is also the best resource for learning Pipefish; however, its sections are grouped thematically, rather than in the order of a tutorial: that is, after the introductory section we look at the type system all in one go, then functional Pipefish, then imperative Pipefish, and then all the standard libraries. A little advanced material is saved for the end. Whereas to learn the language you would prefer to absorb a little of the type system, a little functional Pipefish, a little imperative Pipefish, one or two of the standard libraries, and so on round again.
- Pipefish: a high-level view. This explains the goals and design principles of the language.
- Style guide. This gives best practices for the style in which one should write Pipefish code.
- Functional core, imperative shell. A synopsis of the language paradigm.
- The whys of Pipefish. This explains the reasoning behind some lower-level design choices which are sufficiently unusual as to need explanation.
