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Language peer sets for ALSO: Designed 1999 ↑ 1990s languages ↑ Internet↑ New internationlism↑ ALSO(ID:2308/als001)Language for Extensible Multi-user Systemsalternate simple viewDesigned 1999 Published: 1999 The language ALSO is designed to support safely extensible multi-user servers. It was originally designed for writing MUD servers (programmable multi-user virtual worlds), but it is also applicable to other servers. For example, it provides much of the key functionality of languages like Safe-Tcl and JavaScript. ALSO supports even more flexible MUD systems than MOO [1], and can be used to implement other kinds of servers too (e.g., HTTP, SMTP). ALSO contains several uncommon or unique features that make it easier to safely extend a running system. ALSO is designed to be familiar in those areas where being different yields no benefit. For example, its syntax is similar to that of C++ and Java, though there are some compatible extensions (e.g., semicolons are optional and it supports gcc-like block expressions). ALSO has first-class lambda expressions and lexical scoping, but functions can be conveniently declared in a C-like syntax. The language is not statically typed. Functions may return multiple results, and may return either normally or with an exception. The following example is the Fibonacci function: different names for the same objects, or the same names for different objects. An extreme example is users who speak different languages, but the ALSO model provides support for even this case. Structures: References: Search in: Google Google scholar World Cat Yahoo Overture DBLP Monash bib NZ IEEE ACM portal CiteSeer CSB ncstrl jstor Bookfinder |