The ICI Programming Language is a general purpose interpreted, computer programming language originally developed by Tim Long in 1992. It has dynamic typing and flexible data types, with the basic syntax, flow control constructs and operators of C. An interpreter is a computer program that executes other programs. ... A programming language or computer language is a standardized communication technique for expressing instructions to a computer. ... The C Programming Language, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, the original edition that served for many years as an informal specification of the language The C programming language is a standardized imperative computer programming language developed in the early 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie for use on the...

Primitive data types in ICI include integers, reals, strings, files, safe pointers, and regular expressions. Aggregate data types are arrays, sets, and associative tables. Sets can be heterogenous, nested, and support the usual set operations: union, intersection, etc.

The language supports subroutines and nested modules. All variables are lexically scoped at the subroutine or module level, but unlike most structured languages, ICI allows the current scope to be adjusted (Tcl, for example, also allows this). Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but nonetheless conventionally rendered as Tcl rather than TCL; and pronounced like tickle) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout that is generally thought to be easy to learn, but powerful in the right hands. ...

Although ICI is not object-based, many object programming features can be emulated in the language by using data structure inheritance feature called super-structures.

To support application development, ICI has C-like file I/O and system interface support, as well as a high-level event trigger facility. The language also has a modest standard library of built-in functions.

ICI can be compared to Lua, Tcl and many other Extension/embeddable scripting languages. ICI's core language and source code are free for any use without even GPL based licensing, thus making ICI a convenient choice for commercial applications. The Lua (pronouced LOO-ah, or in IPA) programming language is a lightweight, reflective, imperative and procedural language, designed as a scripting language with extensible semantics as a primary goal. ... Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but nonetheless conventionally rendered as Tcl rather than TCL; and pronounced like tickle) is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout that is generally thought to be easy to learn, but powerful in competent hands. ... Scripting programming languages (commonly called scripting languages or script languages) are computer programming languages designed for scripting the operation of a computer. ... The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ...

External links

• The ICI homepage
• ICI Sourceforge project home
• ICI download page