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'''Boo''' is a new ([[2004]]) [[object oriented]] statically [[datatype|typed]] [[programming language]] for the [[Common Language Infrastructure]] with a [[Python programming language|Python]] inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility. Some features of note include [[generator (computer science)|generator]]s, [[multimethods]], optional [[duck typing]], [[macro]]s, true [[Closure (computer science)|closure]]s, [[currying]], and first class functions.

Boo is [[open source]] licensed under an MIT/BSD style license and is maintained at http://boo.codehaus.org

==Code samples==

Hello World:

[[Hello world program]]:

print("Hello, world!")

[[Fibonacci Seriesseries]] generator function:

def fib():

a as long, b as long = 0, 1

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print("done")

[[Currying]]:

def plus_a(a as int):

return { b as int | return a + b }

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==External links==

*[http://boo.codehaus.org/ LanguageBoo Homepage]

*[http://docs.codehaus.org/pages/listpages-dirview.action?key=BOO boo wiki]