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diff --git a/development/python3-hylang/slack-desc b/development/python3-hylang/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e25a31acb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/development/python3-hylang/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +python3-hylang: python3-hylang (Lisp dialect that's embedded in Python) +python3-hylang: +python3-hylang: Hy (or "Hylang" for long) is a multi-paradigm general-purpose +python3-hylang: programming language in the Lisp family. It's implemented as a kind +python3-hylang: of alternative syntax for Python. Compared to Python, Hy offers a +python3-hylang: variety of extra features, generalizations, and syntactic +python3-hylang: simplifications, as would be expected of a Lisp. Compared to other +python3-hylang: Lisps, Hy provides direct access to Python's built-ins and +python3-hylang: third-party Python libraries, while allowing you to freely mix +python3-hylang: imperative, functional, and object-oriented styles of programming. +python3-hylang: |