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Boo programming language

Boo is an object oriented, static typing programming language for the Common Language Infrastructure with a Python programming language-inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility. Some features of note include type inference, generator (computer science)s, multimethods, optional duck typing, macros, true Closure (computer science)s, currying, and First-class object functions.

Boo is open source–licensed under an MIT License/BSD license style license.

Boo can be used together with Microsoft .NET and Mono development platform.

=Code samples=

==Hello world program==

print Hello, world!

==Fibonacci series generator (computer science) function==

def fib(): a, b = 0L, 1L while true: yield b a, b = b, a + b

==Basic Windows Form example demonstrating Class (computer science), Closure (computer science), and events==

import System.Windows.Forms import System.Drawing class MyForm(Form): def constructor(): b = Button(Text: Click Me ) b.Location = Point(100, 50) b.Click += do(): MessageBox.Show( you clicked the button! ) self.Controls.Add(b) f = MyForm() Application.Run(f)

==Asynchronous design pattern with a Closure (computer science)==

import System def run(): print( executing ) print started result = run.BeginInvoke({ print( called back ) }) System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(50ms) run.EndInvoke(result) print done

==Currying==

plusX = { a as int | return { b as int | return a + b }} print plusX(3)(4)

In English: plusX is a function taking integer a, which returns another function taking integer b that returns a+b.

=See also=

IronPython - meant to be an exact clone of standard Python, similar to Jython.

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