Great description from the reference manual (https://github.com/kevinlawler/kerf/blob/master/manual/refma...):

"Kerf is a programming language built on pragmatism, borrowing ideas from many popular tools. The syntax of Kerf will be familiar enough to anyone who has programmed in C, Python or VBA. Data is described using syntax from JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), a text-based data interchange format. Queries to search, sort and aggregate data can be performed using SQL syntax. Kerf’s built-in commands have aliases which allow programmers to use names and terms they are already used to."