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Wren is a *small, clean, fast, class-based scripting language.* Think Smalltalk
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in a Lua-sized package.
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```dart
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IO.print("Hello, world!")
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class Wren {
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adjectives { ["small", "clean", "fast"] }
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languageType { "scripting" }
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}
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```
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* **Wren is small.** The codebase is under 4,000 semicolons which keeps the
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language and libraries small enough to fit in your head. You can skim
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[the whole thing][src] in one sitting.
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* **Wren is clean.** The codebase is *small*, but not *dense*. It is readable
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and [lovingly-commented][nan]. It's written in warning-free standard C99.
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* **Wren is fast.** A fast single-pass compiler to tight bytecode, and a
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compact object representation help Wren [compete with other dynamic
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languages][perf].
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* **Wren is class-based.** There are lots of scripting languages out there,
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but many have unusual or non-existent object models. Wren places
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[classes][] front and center.
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* **Wren is a scripting language.** Wren is intended for embedding in
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applications. It has no dependencies, a small standard library,
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and [an easy-to-use C API][embedding].
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[src]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/tree/master/src
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[nan]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/blob/46c1ba92492e9257aba6418403161072d640cb29/src/wren_value.h#L378-L433
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[perf]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/performance.html
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[classes]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/classes.html
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[embedding]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/embedding-api.html
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