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What makes Boo great?

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About five years ago Rodrigo Barreto de Oliveira created the programming language Boo. It is a statically typed .Net language that incorporates some very interesting features not seen in any of the mainstream .net languages today.
What makes Boo cool?
The cool thing about Boo is its no nonsense approach. I really enjoy its focus on [...]

Boo: Getting started

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Want to look into Boo? Let me give you a quick guide to getting the tools you need.
Development environment
For the time being I recommend you do your coding in Sharpdevelop. Download and install the latest here. You should also download the latest Boo-distro (the binaries), and move (and overwrite) the Boo-files into The sharpdevelop [...]

Boo!

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Is there really a language on the .net-plattform that can increase our productivity beyond what we’re experiencing today with C#?
I know that Iron Python and Iron Ruby are sailing up as really exciting alternatives to what we are used to with their dynamic nature and neat syntax (among other things!). But there is yet another [...]