diff --git a/lib/kernel/all.rb b/lib/kernel/all.rb
index 67f6c7dc..208f9350 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/all.rb
+++ b/lib/kernel/all.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require_relative "integer"
 require_relative "string"
+require_relative "array"
 require_relative "system"
 require_relative "object"
diff --git a/lib/kernel/array.rb b/lib/kernel/array.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30fe1e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/kernel/array.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Salama
+  class Array
+    module ClassMethods
+      def get context , index = Virtual::Integer
+        get_function = Virtual::CompiledMethod.new(:get , [ Virtual::Integer] , Virtual::Integer , Virtual::Integer )
+        return get_function
+      end
+      def set context , index = Virtual::Integer , object = Virtual::Reference
+        set_function = Virtual::CompiledMethod.new(:set , [Virtual::Integer, Virtual::Reference] )
+        return set_function
+      end
+      def push context , object = Virtual::Reference
+        push_function = Virtual::CompiledMethod.new(:push , [Virtual::Reference]  )
+        return push_function
+      end
+    end
+    extend ClassMethods    
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/parfait/array.rb b/lib/parfait/array.rb
index 8f0abef6..492c5cd7 100644
--- a/lib/parfait/array.rb
+++ b/lib/parfait/array.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@
 # instead it is parsed by salama to define part of the program that runs
 
 class Array < BaseObject
-  def initialize size
-    
-  end
-
-  def at(index)
-    
-  end
-  
-  def set(index , value)
-    
-  end
+  #many basic array functions can not be defined in ruby, such as
+  # get/set/length/add/delete
+  # so they must be defined as CompiledMethods in Salama::Kernel
+   
 end
diff --git a/lib/virtual/boot_space.rb b/lib/virtual/boot_space.rb
index d8f416e3..87b125e0 100644
--- a/lib/virtual/boot_space.rb
+++ b/lib/virtual/boot_space.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ module Virtual
         #puts "Boot String::#{f}"
         obj.add_instance_method Salama::String.send(f , @context)
       end
+      obj = get_or_create_class :Array
+      [:get , :set , :push].each do |f|
+        obj.add_instance_method Salama::Array.send(f , @context)
+      end
     end
 
     # Objects are data and get assembled after functions