From 97255ae7d0f47c80f4a784589bd3b078f9bd1ad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Fiete Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:48:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Readme --- README.md | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e3d07182..7a580785 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,2 +1,13 @@ -# beef +#Beef Programming Language + Beef Language + +Beef is an open source performance-oriented compiled programming language which has been built hand-in-hand with its IDE environment. + +The Beef Development Tools include an IDE with a general-purpose debugger capable of debugging native applications written in any language. + +The IDE supports productivity features such as autocomplete, fixits, reformatting, refactoring tools, type inspection, hot compilation, and a built-in profiler. + +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. + +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.