# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| kawa.bin: kawa.bin (Scheme implementation running on the Java Virtual Machine) kawa.bin: kawa.bin: Kawa is a general-purpose programming language that runs on the Java kawa.bin: platform. It aims to combine: kawa.bin: the benefits of dynamic scripting languages (non-verbose code with kawa.bin: less boiler-plate, fast and easy start-up, a REPL, no required kawa.bin: compilation step); with the benefits of traditional compiled langs kawa.bin: (fast execution, static error detection, modularity, zero-overhead kawa.bin: Java platform integration). kawa.bin: kawa.bin: