Introduction to the MAXScript Language

The MAXScript language is a state-of-the-art, dynamically typed object-oriented language that reflects MAX's object-oriented nature. The main features of the MAXScript language are:

• Comprehensive set of built-in types and functions, including collections, math, trig, noise, etc.
• Memory management via automatic garbage collection.
• Simple syntax with almost no punctuation.
• Polymorphism via generic functions
• Syntax particularly suited to command-line style of use in a shell window.
• Advanced capabilities such as higher-order functions and automatic collection mapping.
• As expressive as the Lisp languages but looks like a conventional language.