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LilyPond - Programming language

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LilyPond is an open source programming language created in 1996.

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LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand. LilyPond is cross-platform, and is available for several common operating systems; released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, LilyPond is free software.. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from hello-world:
\markup { Hello World }
Example from Wikipedia:
<score vorbis="1">\relative c' { f d f a d f e d cis a cis e a g f e }</score>

Language features

Feature Supported Token Example
MultiLine Comments ✓
Line Comments ✓
Floats ✓
Comments ✓
Semantic Indentation X

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