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-# boring-lang
+# Boring Lang
-A very boring programming language
+
+The Boring Programming Language (Boring-Lang) is an attempt to create an easy, productive, general purpose programming language that makes as few interesting choices as possible while still being in line with modern concepts in programming languages.
+
+The language:
+* is compiled with a run-time (llvm for convenience + c compatibility)
+* is garbage collected
+* uses async-await for all IO, with a built-in multi-core scheduler
+* supports algebraic data types (Result type for errors, Maybe type for nullables)
+* supports parametric polymorphism
+* uses struct+traits, rather than classes or stuct+interfaces
+* has a rich standard library (http server, actor model)
+
+It's basically a middle-ground of Rust, Golang, Swift, and Typescript.
+
+## Http Server Example
+```
+import net.http as http
+import logging as log
+import json as json
+
+struct ExampleResponse {
+  id: Int32
+  name: Str
+  email: Str
+}
+
+async func handle(req http.Request, resp http.Response) {
+  log.info("request: ", req.body)
+  response_data := ExampleResponse{id: 4, name: "Steven", email: "swerbenjagermanjensen@example.com"}
+  resp.write(json.encode<ExampleResponse>(response_data))
+  resp.set_status(200)
+}
+
+async func main(args: Array<Str>) int {
+    router := http.Router("").add_route("/myroute", handle)
+    http_server := http.Server("localhost", 8080)
+    err := await http_server.server_forever()
+    await log.info("error serving: ", err)
+    return 1
+}
+```