More advanced examples
These examples are still relatively simple (they fit in a single file) but they demonstrate more concepts that cannot be easily shown in just a "Hello, World!" application.
loop.ln
Alan does not allow arbitrary loops or recursion, but you can still loop over data. This example shows the primary way to do iteration in Alan using the functional array api which can be parallelized by the AVM. However when absolutely necessary, Alan offers a controlled way of expressing algorithms that are inherently sequential.
math.ln
This example shows multiple math operations and their results, with the last statement demonstrating the order of operations effectively inverting the computational flow of that statement.
object_literals.ln
This example demonstrates the three (so far) object literal syntaxes and sub-value accessor syntaxes.
if.ln
This example demonstrates conditionals (if statements) and shows that the conditional "scopes" are actually functions, but due to how nested scope rules work, they can still manipulate the parent function scope as needed for execution to function. It also demonstrates "ternary" operators and how they are composed of pair and cond function calls.
string.ln
This example exercises many string manipulation mechanisms and alternate syntaxes using operators and method style function calls.
box.ln
This example uses generics to define a Box type and how to work with it at a basic assignment level.