# Overview Welcome, this is an official documentation for the **AutoIt+** programming language and the main implementation written in C++, called **aup**. ## The story // todo ## AutoIt 4? The AutoIt+ logo looks like number 4! Yep, the original idea was the 4th version of AutoIt, with more outstanding features: * Multi-threading support * New C API interactive instead of DllOpen, DllCall * New garbage collector * Virtual machine for code execution * Bytecode compiling instead of a3x * ... and more, mainly performance improvements > TODO #### AutoIt is not programming language? Yep, it is not a real programming language, just a scripting language or macro like VBA 😀. Back to the history, AutoIt is released under opensource software (and now, freeware software) We don't like it, from syntax to how it works. Too slow\... > TODO #### What is the "real programming language"? > No standard about of real programming language. According to our point of view, these programming language have no or just a few dependents on their implementation. {% hint style="info" %} "AutoIt" is pronounced "auto-eet", not "auto-ai-tee". {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://aup.nomi.dev/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.