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        <span class="keyword">module </span> <span class="identifier">hello.World<br><br></span>
        <span class="keyword">function </span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span> = |</span><span class="arg">args</span><span>| {<br></span>
          <span>&nbsp;&nbsp;println(</span><span class="string">"Hello world")<br></span>
        <span>}</span>
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      <p class="lead">The world didn't need another JVM language.<br>
      So we built yet another one. A simple one.</p>
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        <a href="/download/" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">
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          Download Golo<br/>
          <small>(3.4.0)</small>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-rss-square"></i> &nbsp; Latest news</h3>
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-book"></i> &nbsp; Learn Golo</h3>
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      <a href="/documentation/">Golo documentation</a> across releases.
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      We invite you to read the development version of the
      <a href="/documentation/next/">Golo Programming Language Guide</a>.
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      You can also have a look at <a href="/publications/">our publications</a>, including papers and talks.
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-comments"></i> &nbsp; Community</h3>
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        Get the code and contribute <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/golo-lang">on GitHub</a>.
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        <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/golo-lang/issues/new">Report</a> and
        <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/golo-lang/issues">browse</a> issues.
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      Discuss on <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/golo-dev">our mailing-list</a>.
      Get <a href="https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/golo-commit">notified of new commits and issues</a>.
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        Watch and edit our <a href="https://github.com/eclipse/golo-lang/wiki">Wiki</a>.
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-bank"></i> &nbsp; Foundations</h3>
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      Golo is a simple dynamic, weakly-typed language that favours explicit over implicit.
      You should become a Golo programmer within hours, not days.
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-bolt"></i> &nbsp; invokedynamic</h3>
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      Built from day 1 with
      <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/vm/multiple-language-support.html">invokedynamic</a>,
      Golo takes advantage of the latest advances of
      the JVM. It is also a showcase on how to build a language runtime with invokedynamic.
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    <h3><i class="fa fa-2x fa-flask"></i> &nbsp; Origins</h3>
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      While we have great plans for Golo in
      <a href="http://dynamid.citi-lab.fr/research/">our research projects</a>, we also think that it
      can be useful for the larger Java community.
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