Data Types
- Nil - The nil keyword, a non-value.
- Integer - an integer 64 bit value.
- Numeric - An IEEE 64 bit floating point value.
- Range - a triplet of lower bound, higher bound and step.
- MemBuf - Raw memory buffer, where each location is an unsigned 1, 2, 3, or 4 bytes integer.
- Function - Functions (callable entities).
- String - Mutable sequences of UNICODE characters (but they can be used as byte buffers).
- Array - Mutable sequences of items.
- Dictionary - Mutable ordered set of key/value pairs; the key can be any Falcon item.
- Object - Instances derived from classes or stand-alone classless objects.
- Class - Classes, entities that can create instances.
- Method - Immutable pairs of instances and functions to be applied on them.
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