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by jcheng 5011 days ago
Looks a lot like boo[0], which has been around for about a decade and has a Python-like syntax, type inference, static+dynamic typing, REPL loop, and runs on the CLR. Fantastic language, especially when it was new and C# was missing many of the features boo offered.

From what I can tell, Cobra adds compile-time nil tracking (nice!) and contracts. I'd be extremely interested in this if I was still doing anything in .NET.

[0] http://boo.codehaus.org

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Boo is awesome; it's meta-programming/macros look awesome.

Selfishly, I wish the JVM was its primary target and not .NET.