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Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:21:14 +0200
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Itzik Kotler wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the first beta release of Pythonect interpreter.
>
> Pythonect is a new, experimental, general-purpose dataflow programming 
> language based on Python.
>
> It aims to combine the intuitive feel of shell scripting (and all of 
> its perks like implicit parallelism) with the flexibility and agility 
> of Python.
>
> Pythonect interpreter (and reference implementation) is written in 
> Python, and is available under the BSD license.
>
> Here's a quick tour of Pythonect:
>
> The canonical "Hello, world" example program in Pythonect:
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> print
> <MainProcess:Thread-1> : Hello World
> Hello World
> >>>
>
> '->' and '|' are both Pythonect operators.
>
> The pipe operator (i.e. '|') passes one item at a item, while the 
> other operator passes all items at once.
>
>
> Python statements and other None-returning function are acting as a 
> pass-through:
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> print -> print
> <MainProcess:Thread-2> : Hello World
> <MainProcess:Thread-2> : Hello World
> Hello World
> >>>
>
> >>> 1 -> import math -> math.log
> 0.0
> >>>
>
>
> Parallelization in Pythonect:
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> [ print , print ]
> <MainProcess:Thread-4> : Hello World
> <MainProcess:Thread-5> : Hello World
> ['Hello World', 'Hello World']
>
> >>> range(0,3) -> import math -> math.sqrt
> [0.0, 1.0, 1.4142135623730951]
> >>>
>
> In the future, I am planning on adding support for multi-processing, 
> and even distributed computing.
>
>
> The '_' identifier allow access to current item:
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> [ print , print ] -> _ + " and Python"
> <MainProcess:Thread-7> : Hello World
> <MainProcess:Thread-8> : Hello World
> ['Hello World and Python', 'Hello World and Python']
> >>>
>
> >>> [ 1 , 2 ] -> _**_
> [1, 4]
> >>>
>
>
> True/False return values as filters:
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> _ == "Hello World" -> print
> <MainProcess:Thread-9> : Hello World
> >>>
>
> >>> "Hello World" -> _ == "Hello World1" -> print
> False
> >>>
>
> >>> range(1,10) -> _ % 2 == 0
> [2, 4, 6, 8]
> >>>
>
>
> Last but not least, I have also added extra syntax for making remote 
> procedure call easy:
>
> >> 1 -> inc@xmlrpc://localhost:8000 -> print
> <MainProcess:Thread-2> : 2
> 2
> >>>
>
>
> Download Pythonect v0.1.0 from: 
> http://github.com/downloads/ikotler/pythonect/Pythonect-0.1.0.tar.gz
>
> More information can be found at: http://www.pythonect.org
>
>
> I will appreciate any input / feedback that you can give me.
>
> Also, for those interested in working on the project, I'm actively 
> interested in welcoming and supporting both new developers and new 
> users. Feel free to contact me.
>
>
> Regards,
> Itzik Kotler | http://www.ikotler.org
It should be renamed Perlonect :)

JM