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Little is a statically typed, C-like scripting language.
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Features

  * Familiar C-like Syntax
  * Structs, lists, arrays, hashes
  * Perl regexp: buf =~ /.*foo/, I/O: while (buf = <>)
  * No memory management (reference counted)
  * Compiles to Tcl byte codes, Little can call Tcl, Tcl can call
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  * Full access to Tcl runtime and libraries
  * Full access to Tk graphical toolkits

/* trivial grep implementation */
int
main(string argv[])
{
    string buf, regexp;
    int    ret = 1;     // not found is default

    unless (regexp = argv[1]) die("usage: grep regexp [files]");
    undef(argv[1]);     // left shift down the args

    /*
     * Example perl goodness, the iterate through files and regexp
     */
    while (buf = <>) {
        if (buf =~ /${regexp}/) {
                puts(buf);
                ret = 0;
        }
    }
    return (ret);
}