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# atom

Atom is a dynamically typed interpreted language with a hand-written recursive descent parser, bytecode compiler, mark and sweep garbage collector and stack-based VM. It's similar to Python and tries to combine new and existing concepts for interpreted languages.

### Features

* Arrays
* Classes
* Integers (64-bit or arbitrary length)
* Floats
* Strings
* Resumables
* Garbage Collector
* Tail Call Optimization

### What's Next?

Start with the [Overview](/docs/getting-started/overview.md) to get to know the language.