Cobra coding language aims

Cobra, a .Net-based programming language, is being prepared for open source release as an all-in-one solution to address multiple needs in software development.

Cobra is intended as a general-purpose language for building any type of application.

"The idea is to take productivity boosters that are currently scattered among different languages and bring them together in one language so you can get the benefits of all of them at the same time," explains Esterbrook.

According to the official web site of Cobra, users would get static and dynamic binding, which is featured in Objective-C and Boo; the expressiveness and quick coding of Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk; and the runtime performance of C#, Java, and C++. Also featured is a software contracts capability for object-oriented programming.

Currently in a beta stage of development, plans call for offering the language as an open source offering later this month under the MIT license.