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| title | pseudoExample | yes | no | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments | # Hello PLDB | 638 | 6 | 99% |
| Line Comments | # Hello PLDB | 533 | 28 | 95% |
| Strings | "Hello PLDB" | 383 | 0 | 100% |
| Print() Debugging | print "Hello PLDB" | 335 | 1 | 100% |
| MultiLine Comments | /* Hello PLDB */ | 236 | 22 | 91% |
| Integers | 80766866 | 171 | 1 | 99% |
| Floats | 80766866.0 | 147 | 0 | 100% |
| Booleans | pldb = true | 130 | 5 | 96% |
| Hexadecimals | 0x4D06792 | 114 | 1 | 99% |
| Conditionals | if (isTrue) printPldb() | 82 | 10 | - |
| Semantic Indentation | line0 if true line1 print "Hello PLDB" | 69 | 535 | 11% |
| Assignment | name = "PLDB" | 60 | 1 | - |
| While Loops | while (pldb.pop()) loop() | 58 | 2 | - |
| Octals | 0o464063622 | 58 | 2 | - |
| Binary Literals | 0b100110100000110011110010010 | 55 | 1 | - |
| File Imports | import pldb | 51 | 9 | - |
| Functions | function computePLDBRanks() {} | 44 | 1 | - |
| Classes | class PLDBFile {} | 36 | 6 | - |
| Operator Overloading | def __add__(): doSomethingDifferent() | 35 | 21 | - |
| Constants | const name = "PLDB" | 32 | 1 | - |
| Switch Statements | switch animal: case dog-buy; case cat-sell; | 31 | 1 | - |
| Macros | #define pldbItems 4000 | 31 | 21 | - |
| Type Inference | imAString = "pldb" | 30 | 0 | - |
| Case Sensitivity | pldb != PLDB | 29 | 10 | - |
| Lists | [2, 3, 10] | 27 | 1 | - |
| Exceptions | throw new Error("PLDB uh oh") | 27 | 5 | - |
| Pointers | int *pldb | 26 | 10 | - |
| Case Insensitive Identifiers | pLdB = "PLDB" | 25 | 72 | - |
| Inheritance | class PLDBFile extends File | 24 | 1 | - |
| Directives | use strict; | 24 | 2 | - |
| Access Modifiers | class PLDBFile { public title } | 23 | 5 | - |
| Scientific Notation | 8076686.6e1 | 22 | 0 | - |
| Constructors | PLDBFile { constructor() {} } | 22 | 5 | - |
| Garbage Collection | var iDontNeedToFreeThis | 21 | 11 | - |
| Zero-based numbering | firstItem = pldb[0] | 16 | 3 | - |
| Single Dispatch | person.run() | 16 | 1 | - |
| Multiple Inheritance | extends parentWhichExtendsSomethingElse | 16 | 8 | - |
| Increment and decrement operators | i++ | 16 | 2 | - |
| Lispy | (+ 1 2) | 15 | 1 | - |
| Bitwise Operators | 3 == (2 | 1) | 15 | 1 | - |
| Threads | thread1(); thread2(); | 14 | 1 | - |
| Multiline Strings | hello = """Hello\nPLDB""" | 14 | 7 | - |
| Module Pattern | module PLDB {} | 13 | 0 | - |
| Message Passing | "get pldb" | 13 | 1 | - |
| Maps | {name: "PLDB"} | 13 | 0 | - |
| Ternary operators | true ? 1 : 0 | 12 | 14 | - |
| Iterators | for lang in pldb() | 12 | 1 | - |
| Enums | colorsEnum { "red", "white", "blue"} | 12 | 6 | - |
| Static Typing | int pldbRank = 100 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Interfaces | interface PLDBFile | 11 | 1 | - |
| Type Casting | (float)pldbRank; | 11 | 0 | - |
| Assert Statements | assert(isTrue) | 11 | 1 | - |
| Structs | struct pldbFile { int rank; char *title; }; | 10 | 0 | - |
| Regular Expression Syntax Sugar | /pldb/ | 10 | 10 | - |
| Mixins | extends pldbFile, diskFile | 10 | 1 | - |
| Generics | function identity<T>(arg: T): T | 10 | 1 | - |
| Pattern Matching | fib 0 = 1; fib 1 = 1 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Namespaces | namespace PLDB {} | 9 | 4 | - |
| Manual Memory Management | malloc(4); | 9 | 1 | - |
| Here Document | `A big multliline text block` | 9 | 1 | - |
| Fixed Point Numbers | 80766866.00 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Disk Output | write("pldb.csv", "...") | 8 | 11 | - |
| Gotos | goto 10 | 7 | 4 | - |
| Function Overloading | add(string: str, string2: str) | 7 | 5 | - |
| Units of Measure | 42cm | 6 | 5 | - |
| Variable Substitution Syntax | name = "PLDB"; print $name | 2 | 18 | - |