ELOC

Eloc is a high-level programming language designed to prioritize readability and predictable semantics. It was created by the Eloc Foundation and released publicly in 2015 as a tool for teaching programming concepts and for experimentation in language design. The project aims to provide an approachable syntax while supporting modern software development needs.

The language features static typing with type inference, algebraic data types, and pattern matching. Immutability is the default, with explicit mutability available when needed. It includes first-class functions, a rich standard library, and interoperability with C and other languages via a foreign function interface. Concurrency is modeled with lightweight processes and asynchronous message passing, drawing on actor-model ideas.

Syntax is indentation- and keyword-based, with explicit control flow constructs such as func, if, else, for, while, and match. Functions are declared with a concise signature, and blocks may be delimited by braces or indentation. A simple example is: function add(a: Int, b: Int) -> Int { return a + b }.

Eloc compiles to native code using an LLVM-based backend and also provides an interpreter for rapid iteration. It ships a package manager and a modular standard library, with ongoing contributions from universities and independent developers. The ecosystem is smaller than that of mainstream languages but retains activity in educational and research contexts, particularly for teaching and studies of language design.