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title: Introduction
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Squiggle is a simple programming language for intuitive probabilistic estimation. It's meant for quantitative forecasting and evaluations.
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The basics of Squiggle can be pretty simple and intuitive. The more advanced functionality can take some time to learn.
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## What Squiggle Is
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- A simple programming language for doing math with probability distributions
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- An embeddable language that can be used in Javascript applications
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- A tool to embed functions as forecasts that can be embedded in other applications
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## What Squiggle Is Not
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- A complete replacement for enterprise Risk Analysis tools (See Crystal Ball, @Risk, Lumina Analytica)
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- A Probabilistic Programming Language with backwards inference and sophisticated sampling algorithms. (See [PPLs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic_programming))
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- A visual tool aimed at casual users (see Guesstimate, Causal)
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## Get started
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- [Gallery](./Discussions/Gallery)
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- [Squiggle playground](/playground)
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- [Language basics](./Guides/Language)
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- [Squiggle functions source of truth](./Guides/Functions)
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- [Known bugs](./Discussions/Bugs)
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- [Original lesswrong sequence](https://www.lesswrong.com/s/rDe8QE5NvXcZYzgZ3)
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- [Author your squiggle models as Observable notebooks](https://observablehq.com/@hazelfire/squiggle)
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