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CodeSimian hides low-level details of Java code so CodeSimian code is shorter.

That simpleness costs a lot of speed, but people are LAZY so shorter code dominates. Thats why you dont see many C programmers anymore, despite its speed advantage over C++.

CodeSimian is a Java program so when you write these shorter codes, the longer Java code is actually running in the background.

CodeSimian

for(7#i 15 printD(i))

Java

for(int i=0; i<15; i++) System.out.print(i);

what it does

prints 0123456789101112131415
to standard-output-stream

CodeSimian

window#button_and_slidebar(
   splitPane(
     slidebar#s(.3)
     button#printSlidebar(printD(s))
   )
   300
   200
)

Java

Frame window=new Frame();
window.setSize(300,200);
window.setTitle("button_and_slidebar");
JSplitPane split = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT);
final JSlider slidebar = new JSlider(0, 1000000, 300000);
JButton button=new JButton("printSlidebar");
ActionListener printSlidebar = new ActionListener(){
   public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
     System.out.print(slidebar.getValue()/1000000.);
   }
};
button.addActionListener(printSlidebar);
split.add(slidebar);
split.add(button);
window.add(split);
window.setVisible(true);

That same CodeSimian code squashed into 1 line:

window#button_and_slidebar(splitPane(slidebar#s(.3)button#printSlidebar(printD(s)))300 200)

what it does

opens a window with a "printSlidebar" button that prints the number value of the slidebar when you click it

CodeSimian

5#x
+#y(x x)

Java

int x = 5;
int y = x+x;

what it does

declares 2 variables, x with value 5, and y with value x+x

CodeSimian

func#square( 0#s *(s s) )

Java

float square(float s){ return s*s; }

what it does

defines a function that returns the square of its parameter

CodeSimian

setP(square 0 8)
=F(0#sixtyFour square)

Java

float sixtyFour = square(8);

what it does

assuming the square function exists, calculates the square of 8