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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 web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsU4Lk-Gwk0C&pg=PA423&dq=tea+programming+language&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0jdy8i6LjAhXYSxUIHYtIC1gQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=tea+programming+language&f=false|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."|via=Google Books}}</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==

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** Database access.

** [[XML]] processing.

* 100% Purepure Java.

** The Tea interpreter is implemented in Java.

** Tea runs anywhere with a Java 1.6 [[Java virtual machine|JVM]] or higher.

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== Interpreter alternatives ==

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

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.