Gossip Syntax

Gossip is a dynamically typed, interpreted programming language. This document specifies the syntax of the language.

Data Types

Gossip has two built-in data types: numbers and booleans.

Numbers

Numbers in Gossip can be integers or floating-point numbers. They can be written in decimal notation. Here are some examples:

10
3.14

Booleans

Booleans in Gossip are True and False.

Variables

Variables in Gossip are dynamically typed, which means that they can be assigned values of any type. A variable is declared using the let keyword. Here is an example:

let x = 10

Operators

Gossip has several built-in operators.

Arithmetic Operators

Gossip has the following arithmetic operators:

+ - * ** / rem quot

Here is an example:

10 + 5 * 2

Comparison Operators

Gossip has the following comparison operators:

< > <= >= == !=

Here is an example:

10 < 20

Logical Operators

Gossip has the following logical operators:

and or not

Here is an example:

True and False

Assignment Operators

Gossip has two assignment operators:

let assign

Here is an example:

let x = 10
x assign 20

Control Flow

Gossip has the following control flow statements.

If Statements

An if statement in Gossip looks like this:

if a < b then
x = 10
else
x = 20
end

While Loops

A while loop in Gossip looks like this:

while x < 10 do
x = x + 1
end

For Loops

A for loop in Gossip looks like this:

for i in 1 to 10 do
print i
end

Repeat Loops

A repeat loop in Gossip looks like this:

repeat
x = x + 1
until x == 10