Boo (programming language)

Boo
Boo
Paradigm	Object oriented
Designed by	Rodrigo B. De Oliveira
Developer	Rodrigo B. De Oliveira
First appeared	2003
Stable release	0.9.4 / 2011-01-21
Typing discipline	static, strong, duck
Platform	Common Language Infrastructure (.NET Framework & Mono)
License	MIT/BSD style license
Website	boo.codehaus.org
Influenced by
	Python

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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 double word length (typically 64 bits)
    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}")

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