Editing Noop

{{About|the programming language|the processor instruction (usually written "NOP")|NOP (code)|other uses}}
{{Infobox programming language
| name                   = Noop
| designer               = Alex Eagle, Christian Gruber
| typing                 = [[static typing|static]]
| year                   = {{Start date and age|2009}}
| license                = [[Apache License 2.0]]
| website                = {{URL|https://code.google.com/p/noop}}
}}
'''Noop''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|.|ɒ|p}}, like ''no-op'') was a project by [[Google]] engineers Alex Eagle and Christian Gruber aiming to develop a new programming language. Noop attempted to blend the best features of "old" and "new" languages, while syntactically encouraging well accepted programming best-practices. Noop was initially targeted to run on the [[Java Virtual Machine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/noop/|title=Noop - project hosting on Google Code|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321123844/https://code.google.com/p/noop/|archive-date=2015-03-21|access-date=2015-03-17|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

Noop progressed past its initial proposals into a limited interpreter, but according to the project owners they no longer intend to pursue the language any further.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/noop/browse_thread/thread/574fb7ae72322e00|title=Noop - Is this project dead?}}</ref> Among the reasons cited for discontinuing work on the language was the initial release of [[Kotlin (programming language)|Kotlin]], which achieves many of the language goals of Noop.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/+ChristianGruber/posts/j2djgv2unmJ|title=Kotlin 1.0 released and I'm excited}}</ref> The Noop language can be executed as an interpreted language, as a compiled language, or as Java code.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aristeksystems.com/blog/noops-revisited/| title=Google Develops 'Noop' Language| accessdate=2016-04-09}}</ref>

== Creation ==
The Noop language was created by Google. It was presented during the 2009 edition of the [[Java virtual machine|JVM]] Language Summit held in [[Santa Clara, California]] from September 16 to 18, 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2073001/noop--google-s-language-for-the-jvm.html| title=Noop: Google's Language for the JVM| newspaper=InfoWorld| accessdate=2016-04-09}}</ref>

== Examples ==
[["Hello, World!" program|Hello world]] in Noop
<syntaxhighlight lang="java">
import noop.Application;
import noop.Console;

class HelloWorld(Console console) implements Application {

  Int main(List args) {
    String s = "Hello World!";

    console.println(s);
    return 0;
  }
}
</syntaxhighlight>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090923011736/http://www.h-online.com/open/Noop-a-new-language-for-the-JVM--/news/114262 H-Online article about Noop]
* [https://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/17/google_noop/ Article about Noop by The Register]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091001215002/http://adtmag.com/Articles/2009/09/29/New-Language-for-Java-by-Google-Developers-Gains-Interest.aspx Article about Noop by ADT Magazine]

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