Two New Microsoft Languages - AsmL and Pan

AlphaAlien (from neonerds.net) writes: "Another Microsoft Programming Language -- AsmL. AsmL is the Abstract State Machine Language. It is an executable specification language based on the theory of Abstract State Machines. AsmL allows you to test incomplete code due to it being executable on the fly. This doesn't mean it'll execute invalid code though, only that you can execute code segments for instant experimentation (similar to the test-debug function in Visual Studio, but more flexible/powerful). In case you're not tired of all these new Microsoft languages, here's another, Pan. Pan is an experimental embedded language and compiler for image synthesis and manipulation, based on principles from functional programming. The Pan compiler turns descriptions of images and image effects into efficient machine code for use with either a stand-alone program, DirectXTransform for web-page embedding (viewable with IE 5.5 or later), or as a PhotoShop plug-in for use with hosts like Adobe PhotoShop and JASC PaintShop Pro (has only been tested with latter at this point, but should work with former)." You can download Pan from here.

Comments

$40 Billion

[CokeBear]

These products are the result of having $40 Billion to play with. You would have thought they could do something more useful with all that money. Like maybe give it back to the customers, shareholders, with some set aside for a large bonus for every employee?

Re:$40 Billion

[smcavoy]

How else would they afford to buy an army to take over the world?

this is getting out of hand!

[johnnnyboy]

The M$ corporation would like to announce crapL!
- Faster and easier to program. (Just program in CRAP)
- Guaranteed to crap faster than any other M$ language.
- Guaranteed to crap faster then Linux.
- Do all your productive thinking sitting on the toilet.
- Ever have that bloated feeling? Now you can take that feeling and use it in our new programming language, crapL.