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@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@ ## ABOUT -An ucode template consists of arbitrary plain text which is outputted as-is -while control flow or expression logic is embedded in blocks that may appear -anywhere throughout the template. +The ucode language is a tiny general purpose scripting language featuring a +syntax closely resembling ECMAScript. It can be used in a stand-alone manner +by using the ucode command line interpreter or embedded into host applications +by linking libucode and utilizing its C language API. Additionally, ucode can +be invoked in template mode where control flow and expression logic statements +are embedded in Jinja-like markup blocks. + +Besides aiming for small size, the major design goals of ucode are the ability +to trivially read and write JSON data, good embeddability into C applications, +template capabilities for output formatting, extensiblity through loadable +native extension modules and a straightforward set of builtin functions +mimicking those found in the Perl 5 language. ## BLOCKS |