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Phix is a self-hosted hybrid interpreter/compiler, developed by Pete Lomax. It is very easy to use, and similar to Euphoria.
Phix is a self-hosted hybrid interpreter/compiler, developed by Pete Lomax. It is very easy to use, and similar to Euphoria.


A single 6MB download contains a precompiled executable, all the sources, and everything needed to recompile them, in about 15 seconds. The download also contains a full-featured programmer's editor and 130 demo programs.
A single 6MB download contains a precompiled executable, all the sources, and'' '''everything''' ''needed to recompile them, in about 15 seconds. The download also contains a full-featured programmer's editor and 130 demo programs.


Phix applies the principle of least surprise, for instance in some languages myproc(list) or res = myfunc(list) can mangle list, whereas in Phix if you actually want that to happen you would code list = myproc(list) (and myproc would need to become a function) or {res,list} = myfunc(list). A core tenet is that for any line of code there is one and only one possible interpretation of it, and said meaning is utterly intuitive.
Phix applies the principle of least surprise, for instance in some languages myproc(list) or res = myfunc(list) can mangle list, whereas in Phix if you actually want that to happen you would code list = myproc(list) (and myproc would need to become a function) or {res,list} = myfunc(list). A core tenet is that for any line of code there is one and only one possible interpretation of it, and said meaning is utterly intuitive.

Revision as of 01:23, 29 August 2015

Language
Phix
This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.
Official website
Execution method: Interpreted or compiled
Garbage collected: Reference Counting
Parameter passing methods: By copy-on-write
Type expression: Explicit
Type checking: Dynamic, Static
Lang tag(s): phix, Phix
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Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using Phix.

Phix is a self-hosted hybrid interpreter/compiler, developed by Pete Lomax. It is very easy to use, and similar to Euphoria.

A single 6MB download contains a precompiled executable, all the sources, and everything needed to recompile them, in about 15 seconds. The download also contains a full-featured programmer's editor and 130 demo programs.

Phix applies the principle of least surprise, for instance in some languages myproc(list) or res = myfunc(list) can mangle list, whereas in Phix if you actually want that to happen you would code list = myproc(list) (and myproc would need to become a function) or {res,list} = myfunc(list). A core tenet is that for any line of code there is one and only one possible interpretation of it, and said meaning is utterly intuitive.

sequences (the one type covers lists/queues/tables/trees/arrays etc) and strings can grow and shrink automatically without any memory management overhead. For example if s="food" then s[2..3]="e" makes s "fed", and then s[2..1]="east" makes s "feasted".

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