Q is a powerful and extensible functional programming language based on the term rewriting calculus. When programming with Q, you specify a system of equations which the interpreter uses as rewrite rules to reduce expressions to normal form. Q is useful for scientific programming and other advanced applications, and also as a sophisticated kind of desktop calculator. The distribution includes the Q programming tools, a standard library, add-on modules for interfacing to various third-party libraries, and an Emacs mode.
| Tags | Software Development Interpreters |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX BeOS Windows Windows Mac OS X Linux Solaris BSD FreeBSD |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release adds SWIG support. This is an important milestone, as it makes interfacing with existing C and C++ libraries much easier. A version of SWIG that has been patched to add support for Q is available.


Release Notes: This release has some bugfixes in the GGI module and examples. The Windows package now comes with the latest GGI from CVS, including Peter Ekberg's much improved DirectX driver.


Release Notes: This release adds a libxml2/libxslt interface, a new profiling command in the interpreter, and a few bugfixes and updates for third-party software.


Release Notes: This is a minor update with some bugfixes and a new built-in function composition operator.


Release Notes: This is a minor update with some bugfixes, optimizations, and two new looping constructs (dowhile, for) in the standard library.
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