NewtonScript

NewtonScript is a programming language created in 1993 by Walter Smith.

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NewtonScript is a prototype-based programming language created to write programs for the Newton platform. It is heavily influenced by the Self programming language, but modified to be more suited to needs of mobile and embedded devices.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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NewtonScript first developed in Apple Computer
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See also: (7 related languages)Self, Dylan, Smalltalk, JavaScript, Lisp, Lua, Io
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Example from hello-world:

baseview :=
   {viewBounds: {left: -3, top: 71, right: 138, bottom: 137},
    viewFlags: 581,
    declareSelf: 'base,
    _proto: protoFloatNGo,
    debug: "baseview"
   };

textview := * child of baseview *
   {text: "Hello World",
    viewBounds: {left: 33, top: 24, right: 113, bottom: 46},
    viewFlags: 579,
    _proto: protoStaticText,
    debug: "textview"
   };

title	author	year
Programming for the Newton: Software Development with Newtonscript	Julie McKeehan	1994
Programming for the Newton®: Software Development with Newtonscript™	Julie McKeehan
Prototype-Based Programming: Prototype-Based Programming Languages, JavaScript, Self, Rebol, Newtonscript, Lua, Moo, ActionScript, Falcon	Source Wikipedia	2011

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