Cobra (programming language from Cobra Language LLC)

Cobra is an object-oriented programming language produced by Cobra Language LLC.^[1] Cobra is designed by Chuck Esterbrook, and runs on the Microsoft .NET and Mono frameworks. It is strongly influenced by Python, and is also influenced by C#, Eiffel, Objective-C, Boo and other programming languages. It supports both static and dynamic typing. It has first class support for unit tests and contracts. Cobra is an open-source project. It was released under the MIT open source license on February 29, 2008.^[2]

A monthly update is posted to the Cobra news forum with progress on features, fixes, documentation and related projects since the last update.^[3]

[edit] Features

• Object-oriented:
  • classes, interfaces, structs, extensions
  • methods, properties, indexers
  • generics, attributes
• Quality control:
  • contracts, assertions
  • unit tests, docstrings
  • compile-time nil-tracking
• Expressiveness:
  • static and dynamic binding
  • list and dictionary literals
  • in operator
  • for expressions
  • slicing
  • interpolated strings
  • compile-time type inference
• General productivity:
  • exception handling
  • postmortem exception report
  • garbage collection
• Scripting conveniences
  • clean syntax
  • one-step run
  • shebang line (#!)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Cobra Programming Language home page
• The Cobra blog by Chuck Esterbrook
• Cobra October 2008 Update

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