Cobra (programming language from Cobra Language LLC)

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Cobra
Paradigm Multi-paradigm
Appeared in 2006
Designed by Chuck Esterbrook
Developer Cobra Language LLC
Latest release 0.8/ April 12, 2008
Typing discipline strong, static, dynamic, inferred
Influenced by Python, Eiffel, C#, Objective-C
OS Microsoft .NET, Mono
License MIT
Website http://cobra-language.com/
This article is about the Cobra programming language from Cobra Language LLC. For the the Cobra programming language from the Squeaky Duck Design Company, see Cobra (programming language from Squeaky Duck).

Cobra is an object-oriented programming language produced by Cobra Language LLC.[1] Cobra is designed by Chuck Esterbrook, and runs on the Microsoft .NET and Mono frameworks. It is strongly influenced by Python, and is also influenced by C#, Eiffel, Boo and other programming languages. It supports both static and dynamic typing. It has first class support for unit tests and contracts.

Cobra includes:

  • OOP-related features:
    • classes, interfaces, structs, extensions
    • methods, properties, indexers
    • generics, attributes
  • Quality control:
    • contracts, assertions
    • unit tests, doc strings
    • compile-time nil tracking
  • Expressiveness:
    • static and dynamic binding
    • list and dictionary literals
    • in operator
    • for expressions
    • slicing
    • interpolated strings
    • compile-time type inference
  • General productivity:
    • exception handling
    • postmortem exception report
    • garbage collection
  • Scripting conveniences
    • clean syntax
    • one step run
    • pound-bang line (#!)
  • Compiled language performance

Cobra is an open-source project. It was released under the MIT open source license on February 29, 2008.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Cobra Programming Language home page
  2. ^ [1], February 29, 2008

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