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say foo;
}
+SYNONYMS TO VARIABLES/IDENTIFIERS
+ Each variable can have as many synonyms as wished. A synonym is another
+ name to access the content of a specific variable. Here is an example of
+ how to use synomyms:
+
+ my foo = "foo";
+ my bar = \foo;
+ foo = "bar";
+
+ # The synonym variable should now also set to "bar"
+ assert "bar" == bar;
+
+ Synonyms can be used for all kind of identifiers. It's not limited to
+ normal variables but can be also used for function and procedure names
+ etc.
+
BUILT IN FUNCTIONS
In Fype, operators are built in functions as well. The difference is,
that they may be written in infix notation instead in front of the