eC (programming language)
Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: procedural, object-oriented, generic |
---|---|
Designed by | Jérôme Jacovella-St-Louis |
First appeared | 2004 |
Stable release |
Ecere SDK 0.44.15
/ 4 August 2016 |
Typing discipline | Static, nominative, partially inferred |
Implementation language | eC |
OS | Cross-platform |
License | BSD-3 |
Filename extensions | .ec .eh |
Website |
ec-lang |
Major implementations | |
Ecere SDK | |
Influenced by | |
C, C++, Python |
eC (Ecere C) is an object-oriented programming language, defined as a super-set of the C language.
eC was initially developed as part of the Ecere Cross-platform Software Development Kit project.
The goals of the language are to provide object-oriented constructs, reflection, properties and dynamic modules on top of the C language while maintaining C compatibility and optimal native performance.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
eC currently relies on GCC or Clang to perform the final steps of compilation, using C as an intermediate language.[7] There are, however, plans to integrate directly with LLVM to skip the intermediate C files.[8]
eC is available as part of the ecere-sdk package in Debian/Ubuntu and other derived Linux distributions. A Windows installer also bundling MinGW-w64 is available from the main website. The free and open-source SDK including the eC compiler can also be built for a number of other platforms, including OS X, FreeBSD and Android.[9]
It is also possible to deploy eC applications to the web by compiling them to JavaScript through Emscripten.
Sample code
class HelloApp : Application
{
void Main()
{
PrintLn("Hello, World!");
}
}
GUI "Hello, World":
import "ecere"
class HelloForm : Window
{
caption = "My First eC Application";
borderStyle = sizable;
clientSize = { 304, 162 };
hasClose = true;
Label label
{
this, position = { 10, 10 }, font = { "Arial", 30 },
caption = "Hello, World!!"
};
};
HelloForm hello { };
References
- ↑ "eC - Overview". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Category:EC". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "新型的编程语言:eC". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "About OOC - Similar Projects". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "devmaster - The Ecere SDK and eC go Open Source". pp. 12–25. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Software Developer's Journal Extra 2012/02 - Cross-Platform Development with the Ecere SDK" (PDF). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ubuntu Manpage: ecc - eC Compiler". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "GSOC 2015 Ideas - eC Compiler". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "eC - Installation". Retrieved 7 January 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Ecere SDK
- GitHub Repository hosting the compiler and run-time library source code
- Debian Package
- 3D chess web app written in eC (requires WebGL)
- 100 Languages Quine Relay featuring eC
- Ecere Project on Launchpad
- Ecere Tao of Programming (eC Programmer's Guide)