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🐠 Chapter 1: Fysh Syntax

🐟 Variables​

  • Meet Steven, our fishy friend. In Fysh, variables like Steven are declared with ><name>. Every line of fysh ends with a wave ~.
><steven> ~
  • Steven has binary scales. In Fysh, } represents 1 and ) represents 0. Here, Steven is valued at 0b101, which is 5 in decimal.
><steven> = ><})}> ~
  • Steven doesn’t give a flying fysh about scale direction. ≈ for variable assignment is cool with them too.
><steven> ≈ ><}({> ~

👁️ Optional Visuals​

  • Steven is blind. You have the power to bless them with sight, but it's completely optional! You can make them biblically accurate by giving them multiple eyes.
><steven> ≈ ><{({°> ~
><steven> ≈ ><{({o> ~
><steven> ≈ ><{({°°> ~
><steven> ≈ ><{({o°> ~
><steven> = ><{({°o°> ~

➕ Arithmetic with Variables​

  • Summing values: A school of Fysh's value is the sum of each member. This gives Steven a value of 0b101 = 0b100 + 0b001 = (5 = 4 + 1).
><steven> ≈ ><{((°> ><(({°> ~
  • Subtracting values: Sometimes fysh are negative and start to swim backwards. This takes away from the school's value. Steven's value is 0b101 = 0b111 - 0b010 (5 = 7 - 2).
><steven> ≈ ><{{{°> <°)})>< ~  # 0b101 = 0b111 - 0b010
  • Multiplying values: Fysh often get lonely. This loneliness causes fysh to meet new fysh and proliferate. This gives Steven a value of 0b101010 = 0b110 * 0b111. (42 = 6 * 7)
><steven> = ><{{(°> <3 ><{{{°> ~
><steven> ≈ ><{{(°> ♡ ><{{{°> ~
  • Dividing values: Not every fysh story is a happy one. At times, separation is inevitable, and their division breaks their heart. This gives Steven a value of 0b101 = 0b11001 / 0b101. (5 = 25 / 5)
><steven> ≈ ><{{(({°> </3 ><{({°> ~
><steven> ≈ ><{{(({°> 💔 ><{({°> ~
  • Using parentheses for complex operations: Fysh are often abducted and isolated into fyshbowls ( ) for terrestrials' amusment. This makes the fysh sad and gives Steven a value of 0b101 = 0b101 / (0b101 - 0b100). (5 = 5 / (5 - 4))
><steven> ≈ ><{({°> 💔 ( ><{({°> <°}))>< ) ~

🔼🔽 Increment and Decrement​

  • Increment: As life goes on, we learn from our mistakes and improve. Steven’s self help journey allowed them to grow an extra tail, incrementing their value by 1.
>><steven> ~
  • Decrement: Sometimes we feel like a fyshup, a failure. And that's ok, it’s a part of being fysh. However for some fysh, this feeling is too much to handle and is internalized. They haven’t received the emotional support they need and have gone on a downward spiral, causing them to feel worthless. They begin to retreat and try to swim away in the opposite direction causing their value to decrement by 1.
<steven><< ~

🍢 Random Number Generation​

Random Number: This is a grilled fysh. It generates a random signed 32-bit number that determines the doneness of the fysh.

><###> ~