Most Active .NET and JVM Languages (Updated)

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For the last few years I have been following several Programming Languages. I have seen successful and unsuccessful programming language implementations targeting the .NET CLR/JVM. Some of them appear and disappear (Perl for .NET, S#), radically change (Managed C++ => C++/CLI), get deprecated (J#), haven't been active since long ago (A#, P#, Component Pascal.NET), others took almost a year to release a new version (Phalanger, Nemerle?) and even change the name! (Fan => Fantom). Different paradigms have got more attention (Scala, F#) as well as Scripting languages (Python and Ruby) and at the end I arrived to make a list of languages, which in my opinion, I find them to be the most interesting, features rich, stable, active in development and with more releases so far.

Here below the list of those Programming Languages I will be blogging about:

CLR Languages:

  

Lang	Based on	Where to download it
C#	: C/C++/Java	http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
VB.NET	: BASIC/Visual Basic	http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
C++/CLI	: C/C++	http://www.microsoft.com/express/Downloads/
F#	: OCaml	http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/fsharp/release.aspx
JScript.NET	: ECMAScript/JavaScript	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/72bd815a(VS.80).aspx
Boo	: Python	http://boo.codehaus.org/
Cobra	: Python	http://cobra-language.com/
Phalanger	: PHP	http://phalanger.codeplex.com/
Nemerle	: C#	http://nemerle.org/Main_Page
Delphi Prism	: Object Pascal/Delphi	https://downloads.embarcadero.com/free/delphi_prism
Zonnon	: Object Pascal/Oberon	http://www.zonnon.ethz.ch/

DLR Languages:

Lang	Based on	Where to download it
IronPython	: Python	http://ironpython.codeplex.com/
IronRuby	: Ruby	http://ironruby.codeplex.com/
IronScheme	: Scheme	http://ironscheme.codeplex.com/
Script .NET	: ECMAScript/JavaScript, Pascal	http://www.remobjects.com/script.aspx

JVM Languages:

Lang	Based on	Where to download it
Java	: C/C++	http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
JavaFX	: Java	http://javafx.com/downloads/all.jsp
Clojure	: Lisp	http://clojure.org/
Scala	: Java	http://www.scala-lang.org/
Groovy	: Java	http://groovy.codehaus.org/
Jython	: Python	http://www.jython.org/
JRuby	: Ruby	http://www.jruby.org/
Fantom	: Java	http://fantom.org/
Gosu	: Java	http://gosu-lang.org/

You may not find your favorite language, or the one you work with in your company in this list, if that is the case, it could be that: it is not free or not have a free version available (Eiffel, PowerBuilder, CULE, etc), it doesn’t target any of the CLR/DLR/JVM runtimes, or I just missed it! So, feel free to leave a message about it and I will for sure have a look at it!

Just for your information: I also wanted to include some other languages (see the list below) but I’m not sure… maybe in the future.

Eagle	: Tcl	http://eagle.codeplex.com/
PowerShell
SmallBasic	: BASIC/VB.NET	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/beginner/ff384126.aspx
Prolog.NET	: Prolog	http://prolog.codeplex.com/
Rhino	: Javascript	http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/

UPDATED!: visit the new page "CLR and JVM programming languages" here: http://carlosqt.blogspot.com/p/programming-languages.html

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