Nu (programming language)
| Paradigm | structured, imperative, object-oriented |
|---|---|
| Appeared in | 2007 |
| Designed by | Tim Burks |
| Developer | Tim Burks |
| Stable release | 0.4.0 (November 17, 2009) |
| Typing discipline | dynamic |
| Influenced by | LISP, Objective-C, Ruby |
| License | Apache License, v. 2.0 |
| Website | Programming Nu |
Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a LISP-like syntax, created by Tim Burks as an alternative scripting language to program Mac OS X through its Cocoa API. Implementations also exist for Linux, and iPhone.
The language was first announced at C4[1], the conference for indie Mac developers held on August 2007.
Example code
This Nu code defines a simple complex numbers class.
(class Complex is NSObject (ivar (double) real (double) imaginary) (- initWithReal:(double) x imaginary:(double) y is (super init) (set @real x) (set @imaginary y) self))
The example is a basic definition of a complex number: it defines the instance variables, and a method to initialize the object. It shows the similarity between the Nu code and the equivalent Objective-C code; it also shows the similarity with Ruby.
