TABLE OF CONTENT A Programming Language Manual

1.Introduction 1.1 What is GS9 ? 1.2 Why another programming language ? 1.3 How to read this book ? 1.4 The GS9 console 2.A simple program 2.1 "Hello World!" 2.2 The Structure of GS9 Programs 3.Constants and variables 3.1 About values and types 3.2 Storing data 3.3 Basic data types 3.4 Special data types 4.Other numeric formats 4.1 Binary numbers 4.2 Hexadecimal numbers 4.3 ASCII characters 5.Operators and expressions 5.1 What are they? 5.2 Logic operators 5.3 Arithmetic operators 5.4 Bit operators 5.5 Assignment operators 5.6 Relational operators 5.7 Conditional expression operator 5.8 Indexing operators 6.Branching 6.1 If instruction 6.2 One or two brances 6.3 Deeper and deeper 6.4 Switch instruction 6.5 Goto instruction 6.6 Latent stop 7.Looping 7.1 Repeat, please! 7.2 While instruction 7.3 Do while instruction 7.4 For instruction 7.5 Break and continue 8.Functions 8.1 About functions 8.2 Returned values 8.3 More about parameters 9.Globals 9.1 Global variables 9.2 Constants 9.3 Advanced access 10.Compile directives 10.1 Include files 10.2 Namespaces 11.The Libraries 11.1 Default library 11.2 Strings library 11.3 Tables library 11.4 Files library 11.5 Memory library 11.6 Math library 11.7 System library 11.8 Image library 12.Embedding applications 12.1 Scripting languages 12.2 The GS9 interpreter 12.3 A simple implementation 12.4 C++ objects access 13.Annexes 13.1 ASCII table 13.2 Default library 13.3 Strings library 13.4 Tables library 13.5 Files library 13.6 Memory library 13.7 Math library 13.8 System library 13.9 Image library