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Example 3. Variables

Another fundamental feature of programming languages is to provide a mechanism for storing values in memory to be used later. Here are some examples in Basic, Lisp and Water.

Basic:
x = 3
Lisp:
(setq x 3)
Water:
<set x=3 />

If I want to use the variable, I would access it like this:

Basic:
PRINT "x + 4 ="; x + 4
Lisp:
(format t "x + 4 = ~d" (+ x 4))
Water:
<concat "x + 4 = " x.<plus 4 /> />

Like the print statements in Example 2, doing simple calulations is relatively the same, but producing output is a bit different in each language.

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