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Pliant - Programming language framework

Pliant is the first efficient, truly extendable, customizable programming language. It is suited both for small scripts and for very large applications, and could be described as a combination of reflexive C, C++, typed Lisp, and clean syntax in a single language.

Pliant is a newer, very tiny language with a very simple syntax, so advanced features can be written in the language itself, as modules. Its module model can extend the language itself. A true language, introduced in this Pliant documentation is the Pliant Default Extension Environment: PDEE. However, it is not the only possible Pliant language.

Beginners can use Pliant as an interpreted language by writing small pieces of code and running them directly. Experienced programmers can run Pliant as a compiled language: you can write efficient programs while using most high level programming features of object oriented languages and the expression power of logical programming languages. Pliant is also an ideal linker: you can write different pieces of a project in different programming styles with all parts interacting.

Obtaining

Web page	http://pliant.cx/
Source tarball	http://pliant.cx/archive/pliant-84.tgz

Version 84 (stable) released on 2003-05-01

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User guide available from http://pliant.cx/pliant/welcome/;

Support contacts

Announce List	http://pliant.cx/pliant/browse/forum/pliant.announce/
Bug List	<hubert.tonneau@heliosam.fr>

Project contacts

Maintainers	Hubert Tonneau <hubert.tonneau@heliosam.fr>
Developers	Patrice Ossona de Mendez Hubert Tonneau <hubert.tonneau@heliosam.fr>
Sponsors	CAMS Research Laboratory

Related information

Interfaces	command line
Programs	http server, ftp server, SMTP server, POP3 server, DNS client, database engine
Source languages	pliant

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-02-16
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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