An Introduction to Dragon/Lessons/Features
Features
[edit | edit source]The Dragon language comes with the following features:
- Interpreted
- Declarative programming on top of object-oriented programming
- No explicit end for statements (No ; or ENTER is required)
- Portable (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, etc.)
- Comments (one line, inline, & multi-line)
- Dynamic typing
- Weakly typed
- Garbage collector - automatic memory management (escape analysis and reference counting)
- Structure-oriented programming
- Rich control structures & operators
- Procedures/functions
- No main function
- Call function before the definition
- Recursion
- Multi-line literals
- Reflection and metaprogramming
- Clear program structure (statements, then functions)
- Exception handling
- I/O commands
- Math functions
- String functions
- Standard functions
- File processing functions
- Database support
- Create GUI applications for desktop
 | Tip: One of the main goals behind the first release is creating a useful language ready for production! |