chrisdone-archive/z

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chrisdone-archive/z.json

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  "description": "A strict, impure, curried, partially applied programming language with rather peculiar syntax. ",
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  "language": "Haskell",
  "name": "z",
  "pushedAt": "2014-01-26T09:25:01Z",
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  "topics": [],
  "updatedAt": "2025-10-27T15:14:35Z",
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A tiny language called Z

A strict, impure, curried, partially applied language with rather peculiar syntax. See documentation.

Setup

Z is currently implemented in Haskell.

You can download Haskell here.

After installing Haskell, you should be able to do

$ cd <path/to/z/dir>
$ ghc Setup.hs
$ ./Setup configure
$ ./Setup build

which will yield a binary in dist/build/z/z.

When run, it provides an interactive prompt that evaluates Z.

If you want to run the contents of a file, you can use shell redirection:

$ ./dist/build/z/z < examples.zz