Not eXactly C - Programming language

Not eXactly C is a programming language created in 2006.

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Not eXactly C, or NXC, is a high-level programming language for the Lego Mindstorms NXT designed by John Hansen in 2006. NXC, which is short for Not eXactly C, is based on Next Byte Codes, an assembly language. NXC has a syntax like C. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Early development of Not eXactly C happened in https://sourceforge.net/p/bricxcc/_list/tickets
See also: (3 related languages) Assembly language, C, Not Quite C
Read more about Not eXactly C on the web: 1.

Example from hello-world:

task main()
{
    TextOut(0, LCD_LINE1, "Hello World");
}

Example from Wikipedia:

task main() //sets a new task. main() is compulsory
 {
      OnFwd(OUT_BC,75); //ask the motors connected to ports B and C to move forward at a power of 75.
      Wait(5000); //wait for 5 seconds [the value is in milliseconds](note that 1000 = 1 second)
      Off(OUT_BC); //off the motors connected to ports B and C
 }

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Strings	✓	"Hello world"	"
Print() Debugging	✓		TextOut
Comments	✓	// A comment
Line Comments	✓	// A comment	//
Semantic Indentation	X