Aldor

Aldor
Paradigm	multi-paradigm: object-oriented, functional, imperative, dependent typed, logic programming
Designed by	Richard Dimick Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen Watt, James Davenport, Robert Sutor, Scott Morrison
Developer	IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Platform	Axiom computer algebra system
License	Apache License
Filename extensions	.al, .as
Website	www.aldor.org
Major implementations
	Axiom computer algebra system
Influenced by
	A♯, Pascal, Haskell

Aldor is a programming language. It is the successor of A# as the extension language of the Axiom computer algebra system.

The Aldor language combines imperative, functional, and object-oriented features. It has an elaborate type system^{[citation needed]}, allowing types to be used as first-class values. Aldor's syntax is heavily influenced by Pascal, but it is optionally indentation-sensitive, like Python. In its current implementation, it is compiled, but an interactive listener is provided.

Aldor is Free software, available under the Apache License.

Examples

The Hello world program looks like this:

#include "aldor"
#include "aldorio"

stdout << "Hello, world!" << newline;

Example of dependent types (from the User Guide):

#include "aldor"
#include "aldorio"
#pile

sumlist(R: ArithmeticType, l: List R): R == 
    s: R := 0;
    for x in l repeat s := s + x
    s

import from List Integer, Integer, List SingleFloat, SingleFloat
stdout << sumlist(Integer, [2,3,4,5]) << newline
stdout << sumlist(SingleFloat, [2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4]) << newline

99 Bottles of Beer

#include "aldor"
#include "aldorio"

import from Integer, String;

bob(n: Integer): String == {
    b: String := " bottle";

    if n ~= 1 then b := b + "s";
    b + " of beer";
}

main(): () == {
    n: Integer := 99;
    otw: String := " on the wall";

    -- refrain
    while n > 0 repeat {
        stdout << n << bob(n) << otw << ", " << n << bob(n) << "." << newline;
        stdout << "Take one down and pass it around, ";
        n := n - 1;
        if n > 0 then stdout << n;
        else stdout << "no more";
        stdout << bob(n) << otw << "." << newline;
        stdout << newline;
    }

    -- last verse
    stdout << "No more" << bob(n) << otw << ", no more" << bob(n) << "." << newline;
    stdout << "Go to the store and buy some more, ";
    n: Integer := 99;
    stdout << n << bob(n) << otw << "." << newline;
}

main();

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