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Groovy
Groovy is an object-oriented programming language for the Java platform, and is the second standard language for the Java platform, the first being the Java programming language. It is a dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, Perl, and Smalltalk. It can be used as a...
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Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. Smalltalk was created as the language to underpin the "new world" of computing exemplified by "human–computer symbiosis." It was designed and created in part for...
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Python
Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to "[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax", and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of...
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- 1991
Java
Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Java is used in a wide variety of...
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- Virtual machine ,
- Strongly-typed programming language ,
- Object-oriented programming ,
- Structured programming
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- 1995
Objective-C
Objective-C is a reflective, object-oriented programming language, which adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.
Today it is used primarily on Apple's Mac OS X and iPhone OS: two environments based on, although not compliant...
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- 1986
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall, a linguist working as a systems administrator for NASA, in 1987, as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make...
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- Procedural programming ,
- Object-oriented programming ,
- Dynamic programming language ,
- Multi-paradigm programming language
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- 1987
Ruby
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by...
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- Interpreted language ,
- Dynamic programming language ,
- Object-oriented programming ,
- Reflective programming
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- 1995
