Google's open source Noop language takes off | Linux Today

Google’s open source Noop language takes off

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Sean Michael Kerner
Sep 18, 2009

“According to the project site, “Noop (pronounced noh-awp, like
the machine instruction) is a new language experiment that attempts
to blend the best lessons of languages old and new, while
syntactically encouraging industry best-practices and discouraging
the worst offenses.”

“Sounds interesting, but is also not necessarily a new idea. The
project page notes that the noop will run on a JVM and in source
form will look similar to Java.”


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