Span (programming language)
Span is a programming language targeting the Parrot virtual machine. Its syntax is meant to be very similar to C, 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 << "Hello World!\n";
}
}
Span uses blocks ala Smalltalk for all flow control constructs except definition. For example, for this pseudocode fragment:
if x > y
print "yes"
else
print "no"
Span would write
(x > y)
ifTrue: { Console << "yes" }
ifFalse: { Console << "no" };
Span is currently in very early stages of development.