System

Terminates the program with a given exit code.

System's exit 0

A function that throws a runtime error if the condition is false.

let name be "Alice"
System's assert name != "Bob"

Runs a shell command and returns an object with an output and an error.

let result be System's shell "ls"

if result's output is not equal to blank do
  print result's output
otherwise
  print "error: {result's error}"

Pauses execution of the program by a set amount of milliseconds

System's sleep 5000

Returns the number of nanoseconds since 1st January, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.

let now be System's get_epoch_nanoseconds
print "The current time is {now}"