Package convex.core.lang

Class Core

java.lang.Object
convex.core.lang.Core
public class Core extends Object
This class builds the core runtime environment at startup. Core runtime functions are required to implement basic language features such as:
  • Numerics
  • Data structures
  • Interaction with on-chain state and execution context
In general, core functions defined in this class are thin Java wrappers over functions available in the CVM implementation, but also need to account for:
  • Argument checking
  • Exceptional case handling
  • Appropriate juice costs
Where possible, we implement core functions in Convex Lisp itself, see resources/lang/core.cvx "Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS." - Alan Kay