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-===== XL language =====
-The programming language XL is our implementation of relational growth grammars. XL is built on top of the programming language Java: This combines the advantages of the rule-based paradigm with the strength of Java, including the rich set of existing Java libraries.
-==== Rules ====
-Rules are specified within a transformation statement. The snowflake curve can be generated by the two rules:
-<code>
-Axiom ==> F(1) RU(120) F(1) RU(120) F(1);
-F(x)  ==> F(x/3) RU(-60) F(x/3) RU(120) F(x/3) RU(-60) F(x/3);
-</code>
-Behind the scenes, Axiom, F and RU correspond to Java classes of that name. The bound variable x corresponds to a field of class F.
-==== Expressions with multiple values ====
-XL supports expressions that have multiple values successively. E.g., the expression (* F *) returns all existing objects of class F. Operators like sum perform calculations on those expressions. To get the total length of all F‘s having a diameter greater than one, just write
-<code>
-sum ((* f:F, (f.diameter > 1) *).length)
-</code>
-Especially the graph query expressions of the form (* … *) enable you to specify local or global interactions in a concise and expressive way.
-==== More extensions to the java syntax ====
-- [[01_user_documentation:groimp-platform:xl-lambda|XL-lambda function]]
-==== Examples ====
-You can find many examples of the XL languages in the [[03_community:gallery|gallery]].
-==== Complete XL documentation ====
-An extensive documentation on the XL language specification can be found on the [[https://manual.grogra.de/XL/|grogra website]].
-==== Java ====
-As XL is based on Java, some coding rules are the same.
-For instance, functions are declared with a modifier (public, protected, private,...), a return type (int, void, ...), the function name and the parameters in parenthesis.
-Similarly, variables are declared with a type, which is identical to the Java types.