Oz Programming

Oz is a programming language.which supports declarative programming, object-oriented programming, constraint programming, and concurrency as part of a coherent whole. For distribution, a common implementation (Mozart) provides a true network transparent implementation with support for network awareness, openness, and fault tolerance. Oz is ideal for both general-purpose distributed applications as well as for hard problems requiring sophisticated optimization and inferencing abilities. Oz applications include sophisticated collaborative tools, multi-agent systems, and digital assistants, as well as applications in natural language understanding and knowledge representation, in scheduling and time-tabling, and in placement and configuration.

If you have programmed before and would like to see a little bit of how Oz works and is different from other programming languages, you can get an overview.

Contents

• History
• Syntax
• Features
• Data
• Code and Interfaces

Beginning Oz

• Basic Concepts
• Data Types
  • Value
  • Number
  • Int
  • FDInt
  • Char
  • Float
  • Record
  • Tuple
  • Literal
  • Atom
  • Name
  • Bool
  • Unit
  • Procedure
  • Cell
  • Chunk
  • Array
  • Dictionary
  • BitArray
  • Class
  • Object
  • Lock
  • Port
  • Space
  • Thread
  • ByteString
  • BitString
• Variables
• Simple Input and Output
• Simple Math
• Program Flow
• Procedures and Functions
• Libraries
• Standard Libraries
• Further Math
• Compiling
• Beginning Exercises

In-depth Oz ideas

• Pointers and Arrays
• String Manipulation
• Programming Structure and Style
• Complex Types
• Memory Management
• Error Catching
• Closures

Oz and beyond

• Language Overloading and Extensions
• Combining Languages
• Commented Source Code Library

External Links

http://www.mozart-oz.org/