Code that reads like English. Runs like machine code.

Ardo is a small, honest programming language. You write sentences; Ardo turns them into real machine code, with no hidden runtime and no garbage collector.

Reads like English. if round is greater than 1000: means exactly what it says.
Real machine code. Programs are small native files that start instantly.
Built from scratch. Ardo began as hand-written assembly and now compiles itself, byte for byte.

coffee.ar

-- coffee.ar: what does a round of coffee cost?
cost:
    take cups as number, price as number
    gives number
    return cups * price

let round be cost(3, 450)      -- in cents, so money stays exact
if round is greater than 1000:
    output "That's a big round: ", round, " cents", newline
else:
    output "Coffee's on me: ", round, " cents", newline

$ ardo coffee.ar

That's a big round: 1350 cents