https://xolang.dev/docs/Recent content in Documentation on Xo LanguageHugoen-UShttps://xolang.dev/docs/faq/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://xolang.dev/docs/faq/<h2 id="how-do-you-say-xo">How do you say &ldquo;Xo&rdquo;?</h2> <p><em>Ex-oh</em>, like the letters X and O. When you search for it, use &ldquo;Xo lang&rdquo;.</p> <h2 id="is-xo-related-to-other-projects-named-xo">Is Xo related to other projects named xo?</h2> <p>No. Xo is unrelated to the <code>xo</code> JavaScript linter, to xoscript (a server side scripting language that also uses <code>.xo</code> files), and to any other project or company with a similar name.</p> <h2 id="what-is-xo-for">What is Xo for?</h2> <p>Backends and web services: HTTP APIs, workers, command line tools. It is a small, statically typed, garbage collected language that compiles to static binaries for Linux, macOS, Windows, and WASI.</p>https://xolang.dev/docs/getting-started/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://xolang.dev/docs/getting-started/<p>Xo is experimental, and the language may change before 1.0.</p> <h2 id="build-the-toolchain">Build the toolchain</h2> <blockquote><p><b>The source code is not public yet; it will be soon.</b> Until then, the steps below show how the toolchain will be built, and the <a href="https://xolang.dev/docs/spec/">specification</a> describes the whole language.</p></blockquote> <p>The toolchain is built from source with Go 1.26 or later. From a checkout of the repository:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>go build -o .tools/bin/xo ./cmd/xo export PATH=&#34;$PWD/.tools/bin:$PATH&#34; </code></pre><h2 id="a-first-program">A first program</h2> <p>Make a directory and create the module:</p>