Nu (programming language)
| Paradigm | structured, imperative, object-oriented |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Tim Burks |
| Developer | Tim Burks |
| First appeared | 2007 |
| Stable release |
2.1.0 / April 15, 2013
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| Typing discipline | dynamic |
| Platform | x86 |
| OS | OS X |
| License | Apache, v. 2.0 |
| Website | programming |
| Influenced by | |
| Lisp, Objective-C, Ruby | |
Nu is an interpreted object-oriented programming language, with a Lisp-like syntax, created by Tim Burks as an alternative scripting language to program OS X through its Cocoa application programming interface (API). Implementations also exist for iPhone and Linux.
The language was first announced at C4, a conference for indie Mac developers held in August 2007.
Considered a niche tool, possibly because of its Lisp-like syntax, it is notable as part of a rise in use of functional programming languages as of 2014.
This Nu code defines a simple complex numbers class.
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 code in Nu and the equivalent in Objective-C; it also shows the similarity with Ruby.
This sample, from the nuke tool bundled with Nu, also shows the influence of Objective-C, Lisp, and Ruby in the design of the language.
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