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Lingo is a programming language created in 1988.

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Lingo is a verbose object-oriented (OO) scripting language developed by John H. Thompson for use in Adobe Director (formerly Macromedia Director). Lingo is used to develop desktop application software, interactive kiosks, CD-ROMs and Adobe Shockwave content. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from hello-world:
on startmovie alert "Hello World" end
Hello World in Lingo (Macromedia Director) on startmovie alert "Hello World" end

Language features

Feature Supported Token Example
Strings ✓ "
"Hello world"
Comments ✓
Semantic Indentation X

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