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Example 2. Adding Two Numbers

Performing arithmetic operations is fundamental to most programming languages. Let's examine a few examples using Basic, Lisp and Water.

Basic:
PRINT 2 + 3
Lisp:
(+ 2 3)
Water:
2.<plus 3 /> or <plus 2 3 />

If I want to print something like "2 + 3 = 5", it would look like this.

Basic:
PRINT "2 + 3 ="; 2 + 3
Lisp:
(format t "2 + 3 = ~d" (+ 2 3))
Water:
<concat "2 + 3 = " <plus 2 3 /> />

As you can see, doing simple calulations is relatively the same, but producing output is a bit different in each language. You will find this is true for most new languages you will learn.

By the way, here are the basic arithmetic operations in Basic, Lisp and Water.

Basic:
Addition: 2 + 3, Subtraction: 3 - 2, Multiplication: 3 * 2, Division: 3 / 2
Lisp:
Addition: (+ 3 2), Subtraction: (- 3 2), Multiplication: (* 3 2), Division: (/ 3 2)
Water:
Addition: <plus 2 3 />, Subtraction: <minus 3 2 />, Multiplication: <times 3 2 />, Division: <divide 3 2 />

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