Category:Phix

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 safety:	Safe
Type strength:	Strong
Type expression:	Explicit
Type checking:	Dynamic, Static
Lang tag(s):	phix, Phix
See Also:	BNF Grammar for Phix Phix compared to other languages

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).

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".

See also

• Phix site