Ocean is a simple imperative programming language with the flavor of
the C programming language. This report describes the Ocean programming
language, particularly as it compares with the C programming language.
The Ocean programming language has two goals:

1. to demonstrate by example that a language can be simpler and safer
than the C programming language while still preserving the flavor and
expressiveness of C; and

2. to require a compiler that is simple enough for students to
implement in a single course while still touching on most compilation
issues.