3× fewer tokens

Not a patch. A transformation.

Every programming language ever created was designed with one constraint: a human must be able to read it. But in 2026, humans aren't writing the code anymore. Liya-IL is built for the writer, not the reader. The writer is AI.

Python (written for humans)
def reverse_and_get_evens(arr):
    reversed_arr = list(reversed(arr))
    return [x for x in reversed_arr if x % 2 == 0]
~38 tokens
Liya-IL (written for AI)
fn reverse_evens(arr: [int]) -> [int] {
  arr.rev().filter(|x| x % 2 == 0)
}
~12 tokens
3× fewer tokens
Liya-IL Iconic (AI-to-AI)
:fn:(
  :rev:(
    :filter:(:arr:, :eq:(:int:))
  )
)
1 tokenper symbol