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CINTpermalink
License ReferenceCINT is a C and C++ interpreter with built-in debugger and class browser.
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- variant HPND License
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Clingpermalink
License ReferenceCling is an interactive C++ interpreter, built on the top of LLVM and Clang libraries.
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- University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
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Ficlpermalink
License ReferenceFicl is a programming language interpreter designed to be embedded into other systems as a command, macro, and development prototyping language. Ficl is an acronym for "Forth Inspired Command Language".
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- Simplified BSD License
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Gauchepermalink
License ReferenceGauche is an R7RS Scheme implementation developed to be a handy script interpreter, which allows programmers and system administrators to write small to large scripts for their daily chores. Quick startup, built-in system interface, and native multilingual support are some of its goals.
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- Revised BSD License
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GW-BASICpermalink
License ReferenceGW-BASIC is the old Microsoft implementation of the BASIC programming language interpreter for MS-DOS.
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- MIT/X11 License
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mkshpermalink
License ReferenceThe MirBSD Korn Shell (mksh) is an actively developed free implementation of the Korn Shell programming language and a successor to the Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh).
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- MirOS License
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Nekopermalink
License ReferenceNeko is a high-level dynamically typed programming language that can be used as an embedded scripting language. Its VM has been designed to provide a common runtime for several different languages.
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- MIT/X11 License
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Nicklepermalink
License ReferenceNickle is a programming language based prototyping environment with powerful programming and scripting capabilities. It supports a variety of datatypes, especially arbitrary precision numbers.
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- MIT/X11 License
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okshpermalink
License ReferencePortable OpenBSD ksh, or oksh, is based on pdksh.
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- public domain
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Onyxpermalink
License ReferenceOnyx is a powerful stack-based, multi-threaded, interpreted, general purpose programming language similar to PostScript. It can be embedded as an extension language similarly to ficl (Forth), guile (scheme), librep (lisp dialect), s-lang, Lua, and Tcl.
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- Simplified BSD License
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Papertpermalink
License ReferencePapert is a Logo implementation that runs in your browser.
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- MIT/X11 License
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pdkshpermalink
License ReferencePD-ksh is a clone of the AT&T Korn shell. At the moment, it has most of the ksh88 features, not much of the ksh93 features, and a number of its own features.
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- public domain + custom
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PowerShellpermalink
License ReferencePowerShell Core is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration tool/framework that works well with your existing tools and is optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models. It includes a command-line shell, an associated scripting language and a framework for processing cmdlets.
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- MIT/X11 License
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Racket [1]permalink
License ReferenceRacket is a programming language with similarities to the Scheme (Lisp) family and a past close relationship to it, which specializes in education (ex. SICP, etc), metaprogramming / language design, and creation of higher-level domain-specific languages.
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- MIT/X11 License + LGPL3
- MIT/X11 License + Apache License 2.0
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Sprypermalink
License ReferenceSpry is a programming language primarily inspired by Smalltalk, Rebol, Lisp, JavaScript, Forth, and Nim.
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- MIT/X11 License
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Tclpermalink
License ReferenceTcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more.
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- Tcl/Tk License
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TinySchemepermalink
License ReferenceTinyScheme is a lightweight Scheme interpreter that implements as large a subset of R5RS as was possible without getting very large and complicated. It is meant to be used as an embedded scripting interpreter for other programs. A lot of functionality in TinyScheme is included conditionally, to allow developers freedom in balancing features and footprint.
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- Revised BSD License
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Yabasicpermalink
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Yabasic is a traditional BASIC interpreter that comes with goto and various loops, and allows you to define subroutines and libraries. It supports simple graphics and printing. Yabasic can call out to libraries written in C, and allows you to create standalone programs.
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- MIT/X11 License
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Zshpermalink
License ReferenceZsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of bash, ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original features were added.
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- Zsh License + GPL