E

E is a programming language designed around object-capability security and event-loop concurrency, in order to support creation of highly robust and secure programs.

Using the Java implementation of E, Java libraries can be used from E code, and its REPL (e.g. Creating a Window).

Trying E

The current recommended E implementation ("E-on-Java") may be downloaded from erights.org.

To run an E program:

$ rune program.e

To get a REPL (aka prompt, shell, interactive interpreter):

$ rune

An online REPL is also available at Rosetta Code IRC or [irc://chat.freenode.net/erights #erights] on chat.[http://freenode.net/ freenode.net].

Syntax of examples

While most of the examples on Rosetta Code are E expressions (programs), some may be written like this:

? ''expression''

value: ''print representation''

This is both the format of a transcript at an E REPL, and the format employed by Updoc, a test framework for E. “?” is a prompt for user input (“>” indicates multi-line input) and “# foo:” indicates responses.

  • # value: the return value of the ''expression'', printed
  • # problem: an exception thrown by evaluation of the ''expression''
  • # syntax error: an exception thrown by parsing of the ''expression''
  • # stdout: or # stderr: text written to the stdout or stderr streams. It is typically only used in test scripts and not in ordinary interactive sessions.

To try out these examples for yourself, just install E and run the rune command to get the “?” prompt. Multi-line input is automatic for unbalanced brackets/parens and can be indicated in other cases by a trailing backslash.

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