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'''Tea''' is a [[High-level programming language|high level]] [[scripting language]] for the [[Java platform|Java]] environment. It combines features of [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]], [[Tcl]] and [[Java (programming language)|Java]].

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{{Infobox programming language

| name = Tea

| released = {{Start date|1997}}

| paradigm = [[Multi-paradigm]]: [[Functional programming|Functional]], [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]] ([[Class-based programming|class-based]])

| developer = Jorge Nunes

| influenced by = [[Tcl]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]

| website = [https://github.com/jorgefranconunes/tea Tea]

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'''Tea''' is a [[High-level programming language|high-level]] [[scripting language]] for the [[Java platform|Java]] environment. It combines features of [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]], [[Tcl]], and [[Java (programming language)|Java]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/javaservletprogr00hunt_0|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/javaservletprogr00hunt_0/page/423 423]|quote=tea programming language.|title=Java Servlet Programming: Help for Server Side Java Developers|first1=Jason|last1=Hunter|first2=William|last2=Crawford|date=April 3, 2001|publisher="O'Reilly Media, Inc."|isbn=9780596000400|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/mqp-all/5348|title=A Distance learning system for Tea programming.|first1=Khue|last1=Huynh|first2=Leena|last2=Razzaq|date=January 1, 2002|journal=Major Qualifying Projects (All Years)}}</ref>

==Features==

* Integrated support for all major programming paradigms.

** [[Functional programming]] language.

** Functions are first -class objects.

** Scheme-like closures are intrinsic to the language.

** Support for object -oriented programming.

* Modular libraries with autoloading on -demand facilities.

* Large base of core functions and classes.

** String and list processing.

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** Database access.

** [[XML]] processing.

* 100% Purepure Java.

** The Tea interpreter is implemented in Java.

** Tea runs anywhere with a Java 1.56 [[Java virtual machine|JVM]] or higher.

** Java reflection features allow the use of Java libraries directly from Tea code.

* Intended to be easily extended in Java. For example, Tea supports relational database access through [[JDBC]], regular expressions through [[GNU]] [[Regexp]], and an [[XML]] parser through a [[Simple API for XML|SAX]] parser (XML4J for example).

== Interpreter Alternativesalternatives ==

* Tea is a proprietary language. Its interpreter is subject to a non-free license. On the other hand, aA project called "destea", which released as Language::Tea in [[CPAN]], provides an alternative to the proprietary interpreter, by generating Java Codecode based on the Tea code.

* There's an open source compiler, [http://code.google.com/p/teaclipse/ TeaClipse], that uses a JavaCC-generated parser to parse and then compile Tea source to the proprietary Tea bytecode. The author of TeaClipse [http://clearlyvague.com/?p=25 has expressed interest] in enhancing TeaClipse to produce Java bytecode.

* There's an open source compiler, TeaClipse<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/teaclipse/ TeaClipse],</ref> is an open-source compiler that uses a JavaCC-generated parser to parse and then compile Tea source to the proprietary Tea bytecode. The author of TeaClipse [http://clearlyvague.com/?p=25 has expressed interest] in enhancing TeaClipse to produce Java bytecode.

== External links ==

* [http://www.pdmfc.com/tea-site/info/index.html Tea Home Page]

* [http://search.cpan.org/~msilva/Language-Tea-0.02/lib/Language/Tea.pm "destea" code converter]

* [http://teatrove.sourceforge.net/ Tea Trove Project], a Tea template platform from [[Disney Interactive Media Group]] (TeaServlet) - not related to the Tea programming language described in this page.

==References==

[[Category:Scripting languages]]

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== External links ==

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120116195952/http://www.pdmfc.com/tea-site/info/index.html Tea Home Page]

* [httphttps://search.cpanmetacpan.org/~msilvamodule/Language-::Tea-0.02/lib/Language/Tea.pm "destea" code converter]

[[Category:Scripting languages]]

[[ru:TEA (язык программирования)]]

[[Category:Programming languages]]

[[Category:High-level programming languages]]

[[Category:Programming languages created in 1997]]