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Getting Started

Download the interpreter

First things first. Download the interpreter source code from here.

Compile the interpreter

To compile the interpreter you need GHC and the Haskell Platform. Then just type "ghc --make main.hs -o burlesque -O3 -fforce-recomp && chmod +x ./burlesque". You might not have all required modules. 'cabal install split web-encodings haskeline mtl regex-compat parsec digits statistics' should fix that.

Getting comfortable with the Burlesque shell

Start the interpreter with "./burlesque --shell" and you're ready!

blsq ) 5 5 .+
10

blsq ) 

Running programs

You can use "./burlesque --file path" to execute a file including reading from stdin. (Use --file--no-stdin if you don't want that.) You can also just pass a program to it './burlesque --no-stdin "5 3 .-"'.

Where to go from here?

Now you're ready to read the tutorial.