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From: Liam Waldron <liamwaldron@everestlinux.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2023 09:59:13 -0500
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+# HELL Basics
+
+This page will show you basic usage of HELL.
+
+# Prerequisites
+
+It is assumed you have the HELL compiler installed. If not, you should probably go do that.
+
+Having the vim syntax highlighting installed isn't necessary, but you'll look cooler with it, so go ahead and do that as well.
+
+Make sure you have an extremely loud keyboard, preferrably blue switches. Its proven to make you a better programmer. If your keyboard isn't rupturing your eardrums with every keystroke, just give up honestly.
+
+# First steps
+
+Create a file called `helloworld.hell`.
+
+Edit said file with a text editor (preferrably vim, you're a chud if you use anything else)
+
+Import the ioutils header file (you could also do a typical #include \<stdio.h\> but thats not unnecessarily verbose, therefore not as fun)
+```
+import hell:std.ioutils
+```
+
+# Main function
+
+Any functional HELL program requires a main function (unless you're writing libraries (why would you ever use this to write libraries lmao)), so you should probably make one
+```
+func
+main()
+{}
+```
+
+# Writing to stdout
+
+Its pretty easy I guess.
+```
+func
+main()
+{
+	hell:std.ioutils.writeln("Hello\n");
+}
+```