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New C++-like language for Windows

Oko is a development and data-management tool for creating Windows-based applications. It uses an object-oriented language similar to C++. A set of versatile visual-design tools makes it possible to create applications practically without programming. The environment includes data controls, as well as query and report designers... Get more info and download Oko at: http://ploko.net. We need testers.

By neoakut at 2005-06-11 00:22 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 7232 reads

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And why

is it similar or different to C++? What are the reasons to use Oko, not C++? And why does it run only on Windows (thus not usable by me)?

By Ulrich Hobelmann at Sat, 2005-06-11 12:14 | login or register to post comments

Well, it's similar in that it

Well, it's similar in that it has multiple inheritance, virtual functions and stuff like that, although not everything C++ is supposed to have. Different because it has a slightly simpler syntax, uses different parsing rules (scopes, declarations, etc). I suppose you could say it resembles C# more than it does C++ as such.
Runs only on Windows because that's what we've done so far.
Reasons? I guess you could use such adjectives as: cost-effective, fast, compact, transparent, and maybe other things that users may find useful. Like flexible code generation (and not a black box hidden deep inside), the ability to combine low-level code with numerous high-level objects like data controls, etc.
We're still working on it, so I'm not claiming it's perfect. If our users help us improve it, they might eventually find it a good product to work with (many do already).

By neoakut at Mon, 2005-06-13 02:20 | login or register to post comments

So ?

I must admit that I'm somewhat skeptic and there is not much in the way of documentation on the website.

cost-effective
which means ?
fast
fast binaries ? fast development ? faster than what ? for what applications ? databases ?
compact
same questions
transparent
same questions. What's a non-transparent language ? Prolog ?
flexible code generation
I assume this means that you generate Oko/Ploko code from some kind of (user-interface ? database ?) description, isn't it ?
combine low-level code with numerous high-level objects like data controls
er... is there any language which does not ?

In other words, I guess I'm waiting to be convinced that there is a purpose to this tool, rather than one more Visual Basic/Delphi/JBuilder.

By David Teller at Mon, 2005-06-13 14:44 | login or register to post comments

I wrote a C++-like language

Well, it was more like Objective-C, with dynamic method calls (msg-sending, sort of) but looked more like C++/Java, and included a simple GC in the runtime.

I called it "Spaceballs: The Programming Language" but changed it to zC (my initials) after I realized the former doesn't look good on a resume :-)

I never actually wrote a compiler for it, just the runtime.

By zephc at Sat, 2005-06-11 22:01 | login or register to post comments