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Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:59:37 . . . . afh [Add NULL. Correct definition of false.]

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*This page should describe the language such as what the if does, what characters may be used in variables, what controls are, etc.

*It might be a good idea to split the non-function non-constant stuff such as controls and identification strings to here, since they are syntactically significant parts of the FM language.

*We need a chapter on type casting.

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= Keywords =

== Flow control ==

(break)? - Stops execution of the innermost looping or conditional block of code and continue processing from the statement immediately following this block.

(case)? - Used in conjunction with the switch statement to specify a possible value to match against the variable specified in the switch statement.

(continue)? - Stops execution of the innermost looping block of code, iterate in case of a for loop and continue the loop from the first statement in the looping block of code.

(default)? - Used in conjunction with the switch statement to specify an alternative if none of the case statements match.

(do)? - Used in conjunction with the while statement when testing after execution of the controlled block of code.

(else)? - Used in conjunction with the if statement to execute a block of code when the Boolean expression given in the if statement does not evaluate to true.

(for)? - Executes a block of code based on the value of a specified variable and its continual alteration at the end of each iteration.

(if)? - Conditionally execute a block of code when a Boolean expression evaluates to true.

(return)? - Return from a handler, optionally with a value to be passed along to the system.

sizeof - Returns the size in bytes of a specific type or variable.

switch - Executes any of a number of blocks of code or a consecutive number of block of code depending on whether the variable specified in the switch statement matches the value of a case statement.

(while)? - Repeat a specific block of code as long as a specific Boolean expression evaluates to true.

== Constants ==

false - Designates a state in which a value is considered logically false.

true - Designates a state in which a value is considered logically true.

(NULL)? - Designates a pointer which points to nothing.

== Type declaration ==

(bool)?

(char)?

(const)?

(double)?

(dword)?

(float)?

(int)?

(long)?

(short)?

(signed)?

(void)?

(word)?