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wren Programming Language - xSicKxBot - 06-22-2020
wren Programming Language
<div><p>Very similar in scope and purpose to the <a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/06/09/Gravity-Embeddable-Programming-Language.aspx">recently covered Gravity language</a>, today we are <a href="https://wren.io/">looking at wren</a>. wren is a class based programming language that aims to bring Smalltalk like programming to a Lua sized footprint, with the intention of being embedded in application code. Highlights of wren include:</p>
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<p><strong>Wren is small.</strong> The VM implementation is under <a href="https://github.com/wren-lang/wren/tree/main/src">4,000 semicolons</a>. You can skim the whole thing in an afternoon. It’s <em>small</em>, but not <em>dense</em>. It is readable and <a href="https://github.com/wren-lang/wren/blob/93dac9132773c5bc0bbe92df5ccbff14da9d25a6/src/vm/wren_value.h#L486-L541">lovingly-commented</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Wren is fast.</strong> A fast single-pass compiler to tight bytecode, and a compact object representation help Wren <a href="http://wren.io/performance.html">compete with other dynamic languages</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Wren is class-based.</strong> There are lots of scripting languages out there, but many have unusual or non-existent object models. Wren places <a href="http://wren.io/classes.html">classes</a> front and center.</p>
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<p><strong>Wren is concurrent.</strong> Lightweight <a href="http://wren.io/concurrency.html">fibers</a> are core to the execution model and let you organize your program into an army of communicating coroutines.</p>
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<p><strong>Wren is a scripting language.</strong> Wren is intended for embedding in applications. It has no dependencies, a small standard library, and <a href="http://wren.io/embedding/">an easy-to-use C API</a>. It compiles cleanly as C99, C++98 or anything later.</p>
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<p>Wren is open source under the MIT license with the <a href="https://github.com/wren-lang/wren">source available on GitHub</a>. You can also try out the wren language in your browser using <a href="https://ppvk.github.io/wren-nest/">this handy site</a>. You can learn more about wren in the <a href="https://youtu.be/Zx9HPy2IjCU">video</a> below.</p>
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