OO Hello World - Cobra

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Hello world in Cobra is here! Another Python – Like language which has lots of built in cool features such as Unit Tests and Contracts.

NOTE: The indentation appears to be 1 space when it should be 4. Cobra won't accept anything other than 4 (or one tab per indent). Take it in consideration if you want to test the code :)


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
 var name
 
 cue init(name as String)
   base.init
   #.name = name[0].toString.toUpper + name[1:]
   .name = name.capitalized
  
  def salute
   print "Hello [.name]!"

# Greet the world!
class GreetProgram
  def main
   g = Greet("world")
   g.salute

Version 2 (Verbose):

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

use System
namespace _GreetProgram

 class Greet
  var name as String
  
  cue init(name as String)
   base.init
   #.name = name[0].toString.toUpper + name[1:]
   .name = name.capitalized
  
  def salute
   print "Hello [.name]!"


use _GreetProgram
 
# Greet the world!
 class GreetProgram
  def main is shared
   g = Greet("world")
   g.salute

The Program Output:

Cobra Info:

“Cobra is a general purpose programming language with: a clean, high-level syntax, static and dynamic binding, first class support for unit tests and contracts, compiled performance with scripting conveniences, lambdas and closures, extensions and mixins... and more” Taken from: (http://cobra-language.com/)

Appeared:	2006
Current Version:	2010-10-18  (latest version in "Languages" page)
Developed by:	Chuck Esterbrook
Creator:	Chuck Esterbrook
Influenced by:	Python (Guido van Rossum), C# (Anders Hejlsberg), Eiffel (Bertrand Meyer), Objective-C (Tom Love, Brad Cox)
Predecessor Language
Predecessor Appeared
Predecessor Creator
Runtime Target:	CLR
Latest Framework Target:	2.0
Mono Target:	Yes
Allows Unmanaged Code:	No
Source Code Extension:	“.cobra”
Keywords:	139 (including types)
Case Sensitive:	Yes
Free Version Available:	Yes
Open Source:	Yes
Standard:	No
Latest IDE Support:	SharpDevelop MonoDevelop VisualStudio http://cobra-language.com/trac/cobra/wiki/IDESupport
Language Reference:	http://cobra-language.com/trac/cobra/wiki/LanguageTopics
Extra Info:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_(programming_language_from_Cobra_Language_LLC)