Why?: Extended Introduction

A. The Ray Programming Language

§0. For Beginners

§0.1 Variables

§0.2 Data Types

§0.3 Functions

§1. How to Install

§2. Programming Fundamentals

§2.1 Superposing Variables

§2.2 Rays: Arrays, Trees, Graphs

§2.4 Types: Patterns

§2.5 Programs/Functions

§2.6 Equality & Equivalence

§2.7 Classes, Enums & Namespaces

§3.1 Location & Assignment

§3.2 Player Instances & Networking

§3.3 Version Control

§3.4 Access Permissions

§3.6 Hosted Variables & Packages

§3.7 Hot-reloading Stateful Programs

§4. Extended Fundamentals

§4.1 Syntax & Punctuation

§4.2 Transactions & Reversibility

§4.3 Undecidability & Assumptions

§4.4 Program Types

§4.5 Optimizations

§4.6 Probability

§4.8 Coroutines

§4.9 Concurrency

§5. Playerfacing

§5.1 Error Handling

§5.2 Syntax Highlighting

§5.3 Theorem Proving

§6. The v0 Runtime & Compiler

§6.1 Self-modifying Types

§7. Other Features

§7.1 (Unicode) Strings

B. The Ether (Planned for 2027)

C. Ether Library Project (Planned for 2028)

D. Physics & Game Engine (Planned for 2029)

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