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'''Citrine''' is a general-purpose [[programming language]] for [[Cross-platform|various operating systems]]. It focuses on readability and maintainability. Readability is achieved by syntactic and conceptual minimalism. The language is heavily inspired by [[Smalltalk]] and [[Self (programming language)|Self]] but has some very distinctive features. Like Smalltalk, Citrine treats everything as an object and focuses on sending messages to these objects. However, unlike Smalltalk, Citrine lacks the concept of a class. In this regard, Citrine is more like Self and [[JavaScript]] because it uses [[Prototype-based programming|prototypes]]. The combination of Smalltalk-like messages and prototypes is what makes Citrine unique.
Since version 0.7, Citrine has focused on using forms based on various natural languages instead of just English,
==Syntax==
Citrine has a very limited syntax
* {{code|Nil}}
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* <code>{ ...params.. ...block of code... }</code>
The code block literal uses a ''pipe'' symbol ⟨|⟩ to separate the parameters from the logic
parameters, the backslash should be used instead.
Citrine only supports full-line comments, which start with
A Citrine program is basically a sequence of messages sent to objects. For instance, to determine whether 5 is an even number, the message 'even?' is sent to the number 5.
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