Noop (ˈnoʊ.ɒp, like NOP

NOP

In computer science, NOP or NOOP is an assembly language instruction, sequence of programming language statements, or computer protocol command that effectively does nothing at all....

) was a project from Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

 aiming to develop a new programming language. Noop attempts to blend the best features of "old" and "new" languages, while syntactically encouraging industry best-practices. Noop is initially targeted to run on the Java Virtual Machine

Java Virtual Machine

A Java virtual machine is a virtual machine capable of executing Java bytecode. It is the code execution component of the Java software platform. Sun Microsystems stated that there are over 4.5 billion JVM-enabled devices.-Overview:...

.

According to one of the project owners, "it's dead".

Examples

Hello world in Noop

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;
}
}

External links

• H-Online article about Noop
• Article about Noop by The Register
• Article about Noop by ADT Magazine