Boo (programming language)

Boo

File:BooLogo.png
Paradigm	Object oriented
Appeared in	2003
Designed by	Rodrigo B. De Oliveira
Developer	Rodrigo B. De Oliveira
Stable release	0.9.3 (2009-12-28)
Typing discipline	static, strong, duck
Influenced by	Python
OS	.NET Framework, Mono Runtime
License	MIT/BSD style license
Website	boo.codehaus.org

Boo is an object oriented, statically typed programming language in active development since 2003, which seeks to make use of the Common Language Infrastructure's support for Unicode, internationalization and web applications, while using a Python-inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility. Some features of note include type inference, generators, multimethods, optional duck typing, macros, true closures, currying, and first-class functions.

Boo is free software released under an MIT/BSD–style license. It is compatible with both the Microsoft .NET and Mono frameworks.

Code samples

Hello world program

<source lang="python"> print "Hello, world!" </source>

Fibonacci series generator function

<source lang="python"> def fib():

   a, b = 0L, 1L       #The 'L's make the numbers 64-bit
   while true:
       yield b
       a, b = b, a + b

1. Print the first 5 numbers in the series:

for index as int, element in zip(range(5), fib()):

   print("${index+1}: ${element}")

</source>

See also

• Fantom
• Groovy
• IronPython
• IronRuby
• Nemerle
• REBOL

External links

• Official website
• BooLangStudio VSIP for Visual Studio 2008