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-# beef
+#Beef Programming Language
+
 Beef Language
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+Beef is an open source performance-oriented compiled programming language which has been built hand-in-hand with its IDE environment.
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+The Beef Development Tools include an IDE with a general-purpose debugger capable of debugging native applications written in any language.
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+The IDE supports productivity features such as autocomplete, fixits, reformatting, refactoring tools, type inspection, hot compilation, and a built-in profiler.
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+Beef allows for safely mixing different optimization levels on a per-type or per-method level, allowing for performance-critical code to be executed at maximum speed without affecting debuggability of the rest of the application.
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+Beef can detect memory leaks in real-time. As with most safety features in Beef, this can be turned off in Release builds for performance-critical applications.