Editing Unicon (programming language) (section)

== Feature list ==
* Classes and packages
*[[Exception handling|Exceptions]] as a contributed class library - see mailing list
* Loadable child programs
* Monitoring of child programs
* Dynamic loading of C modules (some platforms)
* [[Multiple inheritance]], with novel<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2420091 |title=Closure-Based Inheritance and Inheritance Cycles in Idol |date=August 1998 |author=Clinton Jeffery |via=[[ResearchGate]]}}</ref> semantics
* ODBC database access<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://unicon.org/utr/utr1/utr1.htm|title = Unicon ODBC Interface}}</ref>
* dbm files can be used as associative arrays
* Posix system interface
* 3D graphics<ref>{{cite web| url=http://unicon.org/utr/utr9c.pdf  | title=Unicon 3D Graphics - User's Guide and Reference Manual | access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref>
* True concurrency (on platforms supporting Posix threads)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://unicon.org/utr/utr14.pdf | title=Unicon Threads - User's Guide and Reference Manual | access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref>

When run as a graphical IDE, the Unicon program ui.exe continues to offer links to Icon help.

The official Unicon programming book in PDF format<ref>{{cite web| url=http://unicon.org/book/ub.pdf | title=Programming with Unicon | access-date=2024-01-27}}</ref> is a popular way to learn Unicon. The book includes an introduction to object-oriented development as well as [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]]. It includes useful chapters on topics such as the use of Unicon for CGI. Recent additions to Unicon include true [[concurrent computing|concurrency]].