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@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Joyfully Universal Language for (Inline) Assembly
JULIA is an intermediate language that can compile to various different backends JULIA is an intermediate language that can compile to various different backends
(EVM 1.0, EVM 1.5 and eWASM are planned). (EVM 1.0, EVM 1.5 and eWASM are planned).
Because of that, it is designed to be as featureless as possible. Because of that, it is designed to be a usable common denominator of all three
platforms.
It can already be used for "inline assembly" inside Solidity and It can already be used for "inline assembly" inside Solidity and
future versions of the Solidity compiler will even use JULIA as intermediate future versions of the Solidity compiler will even use JULIA as intermediate
language. It should also be easy to build high-level optimizer stages for JULIA. language. It should also be easy to build high-level optimizer stages for JULIA.
@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ and ``mod`` are available either natively or as functions and computes exponenti
} }
It is also possible to implement the same function using a for-loop It is also possible to implement the same function using a for-loop
instead of recursion. Here, we need the EVM opcodes ``lt`` (less-than) instead of with recursion. Here, we need the EVM opcodes ``lt`` (less-than)
and ``add`` to be available. and ``add`` to be available.
.. code:: .. code::
@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ Grammar::
Restrictions on the Grammar Restrictions on the Grammar
--------------------------- ---------------------------
Scopes in JULIA are tied to Blocks and all declarations Scopes in JULIA are tied to Blocks (exceptions are functions and the for loop) and all declarations
(``FunctionDefinition``, ``VariableDeclaration``) (``FunctionDefinition``, ``VariableDeclaration``)
introduce new identifiers into these scopes. Identifiers are visible in introduce new identifiers into these scopes. Identifiers are visible in
the block they are defined in (including all sub-nodes and sub-blocks). the block they are defined in (including all sub-nodes and sub-blocks).
@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ state objects and new arguments. There is a global state object
blockchain) and a local state object (the state of local variables, i.e. a blockchain) and a local state object (the state of local variables, i.e. a
segment of the stack in the EVM). segment of the stack in the EVM).
The the evaluation function E takes a global state, a local state and The evaluation function E takes a global state, a local state and
a node of the AST and returns a new global state, a new local state a node of the AST and returns a new global state, a new local state
and a variable number of values. and a variable number of values.