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title: hlang in 30 Seconds
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date: 2020-01-04
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series: h
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tags:
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- satire
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---
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# hlang in 30 Seconds
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hlang (the h language) is a revolutionary new use of WebAssembly that enables
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single-paridigm programming without any pesky state or memory accessing. The
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simplest program you can use in hlang is the h world program:
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```
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h
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```
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When run in [the hlang playground](https://h.christine.website/play), you can
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see its output:
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```
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h
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To get more output, separate multiple h's by spaces:
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```
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h h h h
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```
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This returns:
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```
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h
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h
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h
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h
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```
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## Internationalization
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For internationalization concerns, hlang also supports the Lojbanic h `'`. You can
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mix h and `'` to your heart's content:
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```
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' h '
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```
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This returns:
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```
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'
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h
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'
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```
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Finally an easy solution to your pesky Lojban internationalization problems!
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## Errors
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For maximum understandability, compiler errors are provided in Lojban. For
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example this error tells you that you have an invalid character at the first
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character of the string:
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```
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h: gentoldra fi'o zvati fe li no
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Here is an interlinear gloss of that error:
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h: gentoldra fi'o zvati fe li no
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grammar-wrong existing-at second-place use-number 0
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```
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And now you are fully fluent in hlang, the most exciting programming language
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since sliced bread.
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