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{{Infobox programming language

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{{cleanup|date=December 2015|reason=Introduction reads like an advertisement}}}}{{Infobox programming language

| name = Ceylon

| paradigm = [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]]

| logo = [[image:Ceylon (programming language) logo.png]]

| paradigm = [[Object-oriented programming|Object-oriented]]

| released = 2011

| designer = Gavin King, [[Red Hat]]

| latest release version = 1.2.2

| latest release version = 1.2.0<ref>{{cite web|last=King|first=Gavin|title=Ceylon 1.2.0 is now available |url=http://ceylon-lang.org/blog/2015/10/29/ceylon-1-2-0/|accessdate=29 October 2015}}</ref>

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|20152016|1003|2911}}

| typing = [[Type system|Static, strong, safe]]

| dialects =

| implementations =

| dialects =

| influenced by = [[Java (programming language)|Java]],<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.2/faq/#what_is_ceylon

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| title=ceylon/user - Gitter

| accessdate=2015-12-04}}</ref>

| license = [[Apache License|Apache v2]]

| file ext = .ceylon<ref>{{cite web

| website = {{URL|ceylon-lang.org}}

| file ext = .ceylon<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.2/spec/html_single/#compilationunitstructure

| title=The Ceylon Language: §4.1 Compilation unit structure

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| wikibooks =

}}

| license = [[Apache License|Apache v2]]

| website = {{URL|ceylon-lang.org}}

}}

'''Ceylon''' is an [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]], [[Strong typing|strongly]] [[Type system|statically typed]] programming language with an emphasis on [[Immutable object|immutability]], created by [[Red Hat]]. Ceylon programs run on the [[Java Virtual Machine]], and can be compiled to [[JavaScript]].<ref>{{cite web

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| title=FAQ about language design: Goals

| accessdate=2015-12-04}}</ref>

* a powerful type system, able to reason about typical runtime problems likeenforcing null safety and list element existence at compile time;

* regular syntax and semantics, avoiding special cases and primitively-defined constructs in favor of [[syntactic sugar]];

* support for generic programming and metaprogramming, with [[Reification (computer science)|reified]] [[Parametric polymorphism|generics]];

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| title=Maven repositories

| accessdate=2015-12-04}}</ref> and

* powerful tools, including a full-featured Eclipse-based IDE.<ref>{{cite web

| url=http://ceylon-lang.org/documentation/1.2/ide/features/

| title=Features of Ceylon IDE

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| url=http://ceylon-lang.org/code/licenses

| title=Ceylon: Licenses

| accessdate=2015-12-04}}</ref> Part of the source code is licensed under LGPL.

== See also ==