M (programming language)

Not to be confused with the programming language MUMPS, also sometimes known as "M".

M
Paradigm(s)	Data modeling and transformation
Appeared in	2008
Developer	Microsoft Corporation
Influenced by	ML, Lisp, JavaScript
OS	Windows
Website	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd285282.aspx

M is a ^[1] programming language developed by Microsoft. The language is designed specifically for building textual domain-specific languages and software models with XAML.^[2]

M was a part of the now-defunct Oslo project. It was never released.

References

Microsoft MSDN Library – "M" – Microsoft "M" programming guide, technical reference, tools etc.
Codename "M": Language, Data, and Modeling, Oh My! Presented by Don Box and Amanda Laucher on Mar 10, 2010
M blog

Programming languages

Comparison Timeline Categorical list Generational list Alphabetical list Non-English-based

Common¹	C# Visual Basic .NET C++/CLI Managed F# J# JScript .NET Windows PowerShell

Other²	Axum A# Boo Cobra M Oxygene IronScheme (IronLisp) IronPython IronRuby Nemerle Phalanger P# Scala

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¹ Languages that had been supported, are supported, or will be supported, in Visual Studio or .NET Framework.
² Non-academic or research languages with relatively large user-bases.