Boo

Overview

Boo is a new object oriented statically typed programming language for the Common Language Infrastructure with a python inspired syntax and a special focus on language and compiler extensibility. Features such as type inference, closures (similar to C#'s anonymous delegates), duck typing, and syntactic macros are just a few of the features Boo offers that are not found in many currently available CLI languages.

Syntax Example 

namespace BooSyntaxExample

class NamedClass:
    private name as string

    def constructor (name as string):
        self.name = name

    def ToString():
        return name

named = NamedClass ('Say my name!')

print named

Compilers/Interpreters

  • booc (http://boo.codehaus.org/How+To+Compile) - Compile boo code to IL assemblies.
  • booi (http://boo.codehaus.org/How+To+Run) - Execute a boo script without first compiling it.
  • booish (http://boo.codehaus.org/Interactive+Interpreter) - Interactive interpreter boo shell.

Additional Information