primitives and spec missing on website

[iacore]

Hello @thesephist

I can't find the primitives like input() on oaklang.org/.

I also have some other questions

• is there read and write from lisp
• how to use Oak inside an application as scripting language

[SpcFORK]

You can use Oak inside of another language easily if you and the language have Shell access and can keep doing so.
Just install Oak, and then use 'oak' to enter the repl.

[SpcFORK]

I can't find the primitives like input() on oaklang.org/.

You could probably find some clues in the 'env.go' file starting at oakinput on line 577.

[iacore]

I end up finding the built-in functions in docs/spec.md

[SpcFORK]

This is true, but there are a few variables that aren't listed there inside the env

As you can see, these variables are usable within the latest Oak.
They just aren't in the old spec.md.

[iacore]

lib -> import
gc -> collect garbage
mem -> show memory usage
lib__oak_qm -> ?

[SpcFORK]

lib__oak_qm -> ?

lib__oak_qm -> import exists in memory?

[iacore]

lib__oak_qm -> import exists in memory?

i can't find it in the source code

[SpcFORK]

lib__oak_qm -> import exists in memory?

i can't find it in the source code

Well, you can use it to get a true or false if a lib has been imported, e.g. ___runtime_lib?('std')

[iacore]

I also found ___runtime_proc(), which returns the current pid and oak excutable name.

	c.LoadFunc("___runtime_lib", c.rtLib)
	c.LoadFunc("___runtime_lib?", c.rtIsLib)
	c.LoadFunc("___runtime_gc", c.rtGC)
	c.LoadFunc("___runtime_mem", c.rtMem)
	c.LoadFunc("___runtime_proc", c.rtProc)

Oak is a good language. Will the author ever come back to update the official website?

[SpcFORK]

Not sure, but I've been using it with Kaboom for my games.

It's pretty good when you build to the web since you can interop between JS and Oak almost seamlessly.

[iacore]

It's pretty good when you build to the web since you can interop between JS and Oak almost seamlessly.

How do I do that interop? Do I print the object to string and send it?

[SpcFORK]

It's pretty good when you build to the web since you can interop between JS and Oak almost seamlessly.

How do I do that interop? Do I print the object to string and send it?

No, you have to be building with --web

[iacore]

I misunderstood. I thought you were mentioning interop between Oak code in browser and Oak code on server.

I want to add basic features such as chdir to Oak. Can I submit the patch to your fork?