Qu is a computer programming language with an open-source interpreter written in C by Marc Krisnanto. It comparable to Python, Ruby, Perl and many others.

The language is semi-dynamic, and optionally strongly typed, with full object orientation. All variables in the language are first class objects.

The design and implementation focuses on compactness and speed, using the GNU Lightning Just In Time compiler (JIT).

External links

An information page is available at http://www.qu-lang.org/

• Qu Home Page
• GTK, MySQL, curses, zlib modules for Qu

Examples

# Ackermann 

if not (__arg__) # get input;
  println("Ackermann's function ...")
  println("Enter a number on the command line!")
else
  NUM = Int(__arg__[0])
  printf('Ack (3,%d): %d\n', NUM, Ack(3, NUM))
end if  

sub Ack(m, n) # one way
  if m == 0 return n + 1
  elif n == 0 return Ack(m - 1, 1)
  else return Ack(m - 1, Ack(m, n - 1));;
;;

 # alternate way

sub ackermann (m, n) 
    return m ? (n ? ackermann (m - 1, ackermann (m, n - 1)) :
               ackermann (m - 1, 1)) : n + 1
;;

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