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The Odin Programming Language

The Odin programming language is designed with the intent of creating an alternative to C with the following goals:

• simplicity
• high performance
• built for modern systems
• joy of programming

Example Code

package main

import "core:fmt"

main :: proc() {
    program := "+ + * 😃 - /";
    accumulator := 0;

    for token in program {
    	switch token {
    	case '+': accumulator += 1;
    	case '-': accumulator -= 1;
    	case '*': accumulator *= 2;
    	case '/': accumulator /= 2;
    	case '😃': accumulator *= accumulator;
    	case: // Ignore everything else
    	}
    }

    fmt.printf("The program \"%s\" calculates the value %d\n",
               program, accumulator);
}

Language Features

• Built-in types: strings, array, slices, dynamic arrays, maps, 128-bit integers, endian-specific integers
• Multiple return arguments[1]
• Consistent value declaration syntax
• Parametric polymorphism[2]
• Compile time conditions[3] (`when` statements) and stress where there is not full blown compile time execution
• `defer` statement[4]
• `using` statement[5]
• The implicit `context` system[6] and memory allocator system[7]
• Explicit procedure overloading[8]

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