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Little is a statically typed, C-like scripting language

Features

  • Familiar C-like Syntax
  • Structs, lists, arrays, hashes
  • Perl regexp: buf =~ /.*foo/, I/O: while (buf = <>)
  • No memory management (reference counted)
  • Compiles to Tcl byte codes, Little can call Tcl, Tcl can call Little
  • Full access to Tcl runtime and libraries
  • Full access to Tk graphical toolkits

http://www.little-lang.org/

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