Prothon - A New Prototype-based Language

Ben Collins writes "Prothon is a new industrial-strength, interpreted, prototype-based, object-oriented language that gets rid of classes altogether in the way that the Self language does. It uses the sensible, practical syntax and add-on C module scheme from Python. This major prototype improvement over Python plus many other general improvements make for a clean new revolutionary breakthrough in language development. Prothon is simple to use and yet offers the combined power of Python and Self. Check out the first public pre-alpha release at prothon.org."

Comments

Pity about the name

[Eunuchswear]

Sounds like a korean car.

Re:Pity about the name

[Earle Martin]

Maybe it's a cunning anagram of "hot porn".

Re:Pity about the name

[eclectro]

Maybe it's a cunning anagram of "hot porn"

Thanks a lot dude. I'll never be able to use "prothon" without thinking of "hot porn" now.

You pretty much have managed to kill it right out of the box.

Re:Pity about the name

[tverbeek]

Thanks a lot dude. I'll never be able to use "prothon" without thinking of "hot porn" now.

{puzzled} You say that as if it were a bad thing.

Re:Pre Alpha Release?

[seaswahoo]

Well, it would be newsworthy if it were a pre-alpha release of Duke Nukem Forever.

Re:Pre Alpha Release?

[Frymaster]

A pre alpha release really isn't newsworthy. Is this some one's pet project?

this language doesn't just use prototypes... it is one.

Re:How can they...

[O2n]

call it "Industrial-Strength" if it's "pre-alpha?"
Microsoft gets away with this every time....

p fixation?

[Anonymous Coward]

What's with all these languages that start with 'p'? perl, python, php, not to mention good old pascal, and now prothon. Is there a joke here that I'm missing?

Shhhh...

[spacefight]

Prothon is a new industrial-strength, interpreted, prototype-based, object-oriented language

Haven't seen so many buzzwords in one sentence for a long long time...

Re:Shhhh...

[fredrikj]

An even better piece of buzzwords, though fabricated, from the TUNES FAQ:

A proven 32-bit cutting-edge state-of-the-art industrial-strength Y2K-compliant zero-administration plug-and-play industry-standard Java-enabled internet-ready multimedia professional personal-computer Operating System that is even newer and faster yet compatible, with a user-friendly object-oriented 3D graphical user interface, amazing inter-application communication and plug-in capability, an enhanced filesystem, full integration into Enterprise networks, an exclusive way to deploy distributed components, seamless network sharing of printers and files.

A work of art, except that it doesn't have "XML" in it somewhere.

Re:Maybe they should write a new webserver

[kyjello]

They would if it wasn't easier to do in python.

Re:YANISL: Just What We Needed

[cratermoon]

A new language is here! A new language is here! I needed something to go between "Perl" and "Python" in my alphabetical index of languages.

Re:Pre Alpha Release?

[Indras]

Well, it would be newsworthy if it were a pre-alpha release of Duke Nukem Forever.

Yes, hell freezing over and the end of all mankind would be newsworthy, wouldn't it?