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+// Test: Declaration (:) of a string and output (_)
+message: "Testing primitives..."
+_(message)
+
+// Test: Declaration of a number
+count: 1
+_("Initial count:", count)
+
+// Test: Assignment (=) and a simple expression
+count = count + 1
+_("New count:", count)