Ferite
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| Ferite | |
|---|---|
| Paradigm | object-oriented |
| Appeared in | 2000 |
| Designed by | Chris Ross |
| Latest release | 1.1.0pr/ 7 January 2006 |
| Typing discipline | Dynamic, weak (duck typing) |
| Influenced by | C, C++, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scheme |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| License | BSD License |
| Website | http://ferite.org/ |
Ferite is a small robust scripting language providing a straightforward application integration, the ability for the API to be extended very easily. The design goals of Ferite are to make a clean, cross-platform language which is easy to embed and easy to extend and provides support for existing and upcoming standards.[1]
The main influences for Ferite are: Java for objects, C and PHP for functions, Scheme for closures, Ruby for block calling, and C++ for namespaces. Ferite also features a sane loose typing mechanism and a small set of Application programming interfaces (APIs). Overall Ferite should be considered a curly-brace language.[2]
[edit] Examples
Basic "Hello World" program:
uses "console"; Console.println( "Hello World" );
Using closures/lambda functions:
// Define some numbers:
number x = 10, y = 15, z = 30;
// A closure to add those numbers:
object o = closure {
return x + y + z;
};
// Use the closure:
Console.println(o.invoke());
// Change the numbers:
x = 5; y = 10; z = 5;
// Use the closure again:
Console.println(o.invoke());
Iterating through an array:
Array.each( [ 1, 2, 3 ] ) using ( value ) {
Console.println( value * 5 );
};
These are just some of the beginners examples available.[3]
