First steps

What Archon is, and a first program that runs right here.

This first section sets the scene: what Archon is, where its name comes from, and what a program written in this language is expected to look like. It ends with the smallest complete program there is — which you can edit and run directly in the page.

In this section

• 1.1Introduction

  A compiled language, also interpretable, built around a single concept.

• 1.2My first Archon program

  The smallest complete program, line by line, to run and to change.