Zen Programming Language Documentation

Getting Started

Installation

$ curl -sSL https://get.zenlang.org | sh
$ zen --version
Zen 1.0.0

Hello World

fn main() {
    println("Hello, World!");
}

Language Basics

Variables and Types

let x: Int = 5;        // Explicitly typed
let y = 10;            // Type inferred
var z = 15;            // Mutable variable

let pi: Float = 3.14159;
let message: String = "Hello, Zen!";
let is_zen: Bool = true;

Control Flow

if x > 0 {
    println("Positive");
} else if x < 0 {
    println("Negative");
} else {
    println("Zero");
}

for i in 0..5 {
    println(i);
}

while condition {
    // do something
}

Functions

fn add(a: Int, b: Int) -> Int {
    a + b
}

let result = add(3, 4);

Advanced Features

Pattern Matching

let result = match value {
    0 => "Zero",
    n if n > 0 => "Positive",
    _ => "Negative",
}

Asynchronous Programming

async fn fetch_data() -> Result {
    // Asynchronous operations
}

async fn main() {
    let data = fetch_data().await?;
    println("Fetched: {data}");
}

Generics

fn identity(x: T) -> T {
    x
}

let int_val = identity(5);
let str_val = identity("Hello");

AI Integration

Ethical Decision Making

use zen::ai::ethical;

let decision = ethical::decide(action, context);
if decision.is_ethical() {
    perform_action(action);
} else {
    report_ethical_concern(decision.reason());
}

Natural Language Processing

use zen::ai::nlp;

let sentiment = nlp::analyze_sentiment(text);
println("Sentiment: {sentiment}");

Standard Library

Collections

use zen::collections::Vector;

let mut vec = Vector::new();
vec.push(1);
vec.push(2);
vec.push(3);

for item in vec {
    println(item);
}

File I/O

use zen::io::File;

let contents = File::read("example.txt")?;
println("File contents: {contents}");

Tooling

Package Manager

$ zen add network
Adding network v1.2.3...

Testing

#[test]
fn test_addition() {
    assert_eq!(add(2, 2), 4);
}

$ zen test
Running 1 test...
test test_addition ... ok

Test result: ok. 1 passed; 0 failed

For more detailed information on each topic, please refer to the specific sections in the documentation.