Io
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Io
http://www.iolanguage.com/
Io is a small prototype-based programming language. The ideas in Io are mostly inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects) and Act1, Self, and NewtonScript (actors and futures, differential protos, inheritance by delegation).
Features:
- small (~12K lines)
- pure object language
- reasonably fast (comparable to Python, Perl, Ruby)
- differential prototype-based object model
- untyped
- incremental garbage collection
- exceptions
- ANSI C implementation (except for inline directive)
- embeddable
- multi-state (multiple independent VMs can run in the same application)
- coroutines (light wieght threads)
Documentation
User manual available in HTML format from http://www.iolanguage.com/Source/release/Io/Docs.html
Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSD 3Clause | Janet Casey | 2452523.56 September 2002 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Steve Dekorte | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support | mailto:iolang@groups.yahoo.com |
Software prerequisites
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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 18 July 2005.
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