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Is anyone aware of a small, well specified language that also has lots of example programs available in it? I want to write a small compiler without thinking about language design, and it would be nice to have a set of pre-existing programs to test on.

At the extremes we have:

• 45 year old buying a bottle of wine with their eight year old child -- perfectly acceptable
• 18 year old buying a case of cider with their 17 year old friend -- denied unless both produce ID

How exactly do they determine what to allow? Is it just a case of individual judgement?

The USA, China and Russia have more power, but few (in this subreddit, viz USA) would say they have a better standard of living.

One could say Liechtenstein has a better standard of living, but they are certainly not more powerful.

Do you think any countries have us beat on both counts?