Syntax

• A main() function block is not required. If none is found, execution begins at the first statement found in the file.
• Variable declarations are optional and are allowed any place where a statement is allowed.
• Types are optional and are auto-mangled as necessary. Explicit type conversion can be performed by typcasting, i.e. b = 1; a = (string)b;
  That said, when calling functions, the types of arguments must be specified and are validated at runtime, i.e. foo (int a, char *b)
• The unsigned modifier is not supported.
• The static modifier is not supported.
• The const modifier is not supported.
• Macros are not supported.
• GOTO statements are not supported.
• Structures, unions, enums and macros are not supported.

Operators

• The operators +, <, <=, >, >=, ==, != can be used on strings.
• The operator [] performs automatic range checking.
• The sizeof operator returns the number of elements in an array, the size of a string or the number of bytes used by the atomic value.
• There is a typeof operator to get the type ID of an object.
• Pointer arithmetic is not supported.

Variables

• Local variables are always scoped to the function block. Variables used inside compound statements are available in their outer scope.
• All variables are implicitly initialized to a zero-line value.
• Arrays auto-grow and can have arbitray 'types' as elements. Array bounds checking is always performed.
• Object references are opaque and only used when passing data to/from an external API.

Structure

• Case switching is dynamic (can contain expressions).
• Header files are not supported. All libraries are pre-installed in the execution environment, so STDLIB calls can always be called directly. User-defined libraries of functions must be explicity included in the program, i.e. #include <foo.c>

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