<s>
Joule	B-Language
is	O
a	O
capability-secure	O
massively-concurrent	O
dataflow	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
designed	O
for	O
building	O
distributed	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
in	O
Joule	B-Language
happens	O
by	O
sending	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
describes	O
the	O
flow	B-Application
of	I-Application
data	I-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
dataflow	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joule	B-Language
development	O
started	O
in	O
1994	O
at	O
Agorics	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
the	O
precursor	O
to	O
the	O
E	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Numerals	O
consist	O
of	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
digits	O
0	O
–	O
9	O
;	O
identifiers	O
are	O
Unicode	O
sequences	O
of	O
digits	O
,	O
letters	O
,	O
and	O
operator	O
characters	O
that	O
begin	O
with	O
a	O
letter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
root	O
,	O
Joule	B-Language
is	O
an	O
imperative	B-Application
language	I-Application
and	O
because	O
of	O
that	O
a	O
statement-based	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
