# KEHOME/knowledge/theory/KRdesign/unixlike.txt
# 1999/3/7
# new syntax Sep/29/2002

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# KR and UNIX shell #
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The simple sentence structure in KR is English-like.
But KR also has control structures, $variables, and
navigation commands which are very much like those
in the UNIX shell.

Some highlights:
    set . = concept    # sets current concept, $attribute variables
    set .. = next      # sets current genus (more than one for a lattice)
    set ... = next     # sets current unit

    if sentence:1 then sentence:2 else sentence:3 fi
    every x isa concept { ... $x ... }	# all units of a concept

    m is method with				# user-defined method
        format=[class:1, class:2; ...],		# argument declaration
        meaning={ ... $1 ... $2 ...}  		# method definition

It would be easy to add more UNIX-like features,
but these are probably sufficient for any practical purposes.