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==eC==

eC (Ecere C) is an object-oriented language derived from and compatible with C designed and developed by Ecere Corporation. It aims at being fast, light and easy to write.

It is supported by a cross-platform runtime library including its own GUI toolkit, 2D/3D graphics engine as well as networking support.

The Ecere SDK is completely free and includes a full-featured Integrated Development Environment as well as a compiling tools for the eC language.

Some of eC Features

• Full C compatibility (Only exception: few additional reserved keywords such as 'class')
• Object oriented class definitions supporting single inheritance
• Per instance virtual methods
• Import feature removing the need for header files
• Properties
• Automatic conversions
• Context sensitive enumerations
• Component object model enabling dynamic lookup of classes, methods, objects serialization and broking, runtime code class aggregation

Sample Code

Hello, World!! in eC

class HelloApp : Application
{
   void Main()
   {
      printf("Hello, World!!\n");
   }
}

Properties & Conversions in eC

class Pen
{
   Color color;
   public property Color color
   {
      get { return color; }
      set { color = value; }
   }
}

// Example Usage
Pen pen { red };
Pen pen { color = red };
pen.color = ~pen.color; 
pen.color += 10;
pen.color.r = 255;
pen.color = 0xFF0000;
pen.color = { 255, 0, 0 };
pen.color = ColorHSV { 0, 100, 100 };
pen.color = ColorLab { 53, 79, 66 };
pen.color = ColorCMYK { 0, 100, 100, 0 };

Hello, World!! in a GUI

import "ecere"

class HelloForm : Window
{
   text = “Hello, World!! Application";
   hasClose = true;
   hasMaximize = true;
   hasMinimize = true;
   size = { 640, 480 };

   void OnRedraw(Surface surface)
   {
      surface.WriteTextf(10, 10, "Hello, World!!");
   }
}

HelloForm helloForm {};

External links

• Description of eC language on official web site
• Ecere Corporation's web site
• Review of eC language and SDK by zerotri
• Ecere SDK project on FreshMeat