Span is a programming language targeting the Parrot virtual machine. Its syntax is meant to be very similar to C programming language, but its philosophy is Smalltalk-like, and it uses Smalltalk-style message syntax. Almost all of Span s library visible to the user is written in Span itself. Span is dynamically typed. The hello world program in Span is

class Hello { static public main: args { Console y print yes else print no

Span would write