Friday, September 01, 2006

Rewriting Cobra in Cobra

The current compiler for the Cobra programming language is written in Python, but I'm part way through rewriting the compiler in Cobra itself so I can benefit from increased performance, software contracts, static typing, compile-time nil checking and more. This will also remove the Python dependency for users of Cobra.

After the new compiler catches up to the old compiler's capabilities, I will be continuing with new features including optional dynamic typing. I'm a big fan of Objective-C's support for both static and dynamic typing in the same language. The developer, not the language designer, should decide how much static or dynamic binding goes on in his software.

http://CobraLang.com/