We will mainly be concerned with the "Declarative Kernel Language" syntax defined in

Statements

   <s> ::=
   skip                              % empty statement
   | <x> '=' <y>                       % variable-variable binding
   | <x> '=' <v>                       % variable-value binding
   | <s1>   <s2>                     % sequential composition
   | local <x> in <s> end            % declaration
   | if x then s1 else s2 end        % conditional
   |'{' <x>  <y1> ...    <yn> '}'        % procedure application
   | case  <x> of  <pattern> then <s1> 
   else s2 end                      % pattern matching

Values

<v>                 ::= <procedure> | <record> | <number>
<procedure>         ::= proc '{'$ <y_1>   ...    <y_n> '}'  <s>   end
<record>, <pattern> ::= <literal> | <literal> '(' <feature_1> : <x_1> ... <feature_n>  : <x_n> ')'
<literal>           ::= <atom> | <bool>
<feature>           ::= <int>  | <atom> | <bool>
<bool>              ::= true | false
<number>            ::= <int>  | <float>

Basic Operations

In order to write actual programs in the kernel language, we need to use certain built in procedures of the language. Since the Oz module system uses records of procedures, we will allow the record selection operation

        X = R.F

in kernel code. Furthermore, we will allow e.g.

{Number.'+' 3 5 Z}

as shorthand for

local P=Number.'+' in
   {P 3 5 Z}
end

For information on what built-in procedures are available, see The Mozart Base System Documentation You may find the table of infix operations useful to find the procedure for the operation you want.

Here is a simplified version of the table of kernel operations, along with the translated procedure values