ooc is an object-oriented programming language which is implemented with a source-to-source translator to pure C99. It supports classes, abstract functions, foreach, ranges, etc. It intends to be modern, modular, extensible, yet simple and fast.

ooc is trying to reconcile high-level concepts from Java and the speed and small footprint of C. It somehow falls into the same category as Vala, except that Vala is based on GLib, while ooc is independent.

ooc is for people thriving for object orientation and other high level paradigms without willing to bear the weight of C++ or the Java runtime environment. For that matter, the target language is currently C.

ooc looks like a mix of Java and C, and its primary implementation (source translator to C) is written in Java, for portability. It is planned to rewrite it in ooc itself, which would be quite logical, and cool, additionally

The standard library aims to be small, fast, portable, and modular. For now it contains a few I/O classes and basic bindings for GTK.

Exciting new features are planned for future versions of ooc, like just in time compilation *from source* (which would make ooc a truly ubiquitous language, being able to be compiled ahead of time for minimum overhead, compiled just in time, or interpreted only for maximum flexibility), generics/templates (or whatever you call them), etc. Without falling into feature creepism, there are cool things to be done.

The ooc compiler is currently pretty usable, but need more unit tests/regression tests, and more real-life uses in real-life project! While it is certainly not ready for the enterprise, it is a very good candidate for the next language you want to learn and fiddle with.

I, Amos Wenger, am really open about discussing language design matters, etc. and I'm just craving for feedback about this piece of work, so don't hesitate to contact me at amoswenger@gmail.com