OO Hello World - IronPython

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Let’s have a look at the hello world program in IronPython; the first language to run on the DLR runtime.

By the way, you can see my previous post here: http://carlosqt.blogspot.com/2010/06/oo-hello-world.html
where I give some details on WHY these "OO Hello World series" samples.

Version 1 (Minimal):

The minimum you need to type to get your program compiled and running.

class Greet(object): 
 name = ''
 def __init__(self, name):
  self.name = name.capitalize()
 def salute(self):
  print 'Hello ', name, '!'

# Greet the world!
g = Greet('world')
g.salute()

Version 2 (Verbose):

Explicitly adding instructions and keywords that are optional to the compiler.

import System

class Greet(object): 
 name = ''
 def __init__(self, name):
  self.name = name.capitalize()
 def salute(self):
  print 'Hello ', self.name, '!'

# Greet the world!
def main():
 g = Greet('world')
 g.salute()
 
main()

The Program Output:

IronPython Info:

“IronPython is an open-source implementation of the Python programming language which is tightly integrated with the .NET Framework. IronPython can use the .NET Framework and Python libraries, and other .NET languages can use Python code just as easily.” Taken from: (http://www.ironpython.net/)

Appeared:	2006
Current Version:	2.7 beta 1  (latest version in "Languages" page)
Developed by:	Jim Hugunin
Creator:	Jim Hugunin
Influenced by:	Python (Guido van Rossum)
Predecessor Language
Predecessor Appeared
Predecessor Creator
Runtime Target:	DLR
Latest Framework Target:	4.0
Mono Target:	Yes
Allows Unmanaged Code:	Yes
Source Code Extension:	“.py”
Keywords:	31
Case Sensitive:	Yes
Free Version Available:	Yes
Open Source:	Yes
Standard:	No
Latest IDE Support:	Visual Studio 2010 (pro, shell, etc + IronPython Tools) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=36023a58-2f85-4f7e-bd87-adac086e7ba6&displaylang=en SharpDevelop 3.2/4.0 (beta) http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/ MonoDevelop 2.2 http://monodevelop.com/Download
Language Reference:	http://docs.python.org/reference/
Extra Info:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IronPython http://www.ironpython.net/documentation/