Boo is an object oriented, statically typed programming language that seeks to make use of the Common Language Infrastructure's support for Unicode, internationalization and web applications, while using a Python-inspired syntax[1] 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 has been actively developed since 2003.
| Boo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Paradigm | Object oriented |
| Designed by | Rodrigo B. De Oliveira |
| Developer | Rodrigo B. De Oliveira |
| First appeared | 2003 |
| Stable release | 0.9.3
/ 2009-12-28 |
| Typing discipline | static, strong, duck |
| Platform | Common Language Infrastructure (.NET Framework & Mono) |
| License | MIT/BSD style license |
| Website | boo.codehaus.org |
| Influenced by | |
| Python | |
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
print "Hello, world!"
Fibonacci series generator function
def fib():
a, b = 0L, 1L #The 'L's make the numbers 64-bit
while true:
yield b
a, b = b, a + b
# Print the first 5 numbers in the series:
for index as int, element in zip(range(5), fib()):
print("${index+1}: ${element}")
See also
References
- ^ Rodrigo Barreto de Oliveira (2005). "The boo Programming Language" (PDF). Retrieved February 22, 2009.