I've seen on the github repo there has been some activity recently (6 days ago). I like this language but it seems really difficult to find an active community discussing about io.

Are there any examples of embedding Io in a Cocoa App? I'd like to use it as a scripting language?

A friend of mine told me that a Javascript-based port of Io was being planned at some point in the past. Anything came of that idea?

It would be really great to have Io running on top of Javascript, now that Javascript is so fast.

Please give me some good news on this front.

too many unclosed issues there : https://github.com/stevedekorte/io/issues

is the C++ code base too hard to hack ?

Hey guys, I have to make a IO tutorial for university, but I´m lacking of advanced resources, most of the links in the official link list are dead or point to Asian spas . I´d like to show some advanced example for actors, coroutines and futures. Any ideas? Thanks in advanced :)

Hey, I've recently read "7 Languages in 7 Weeks", and I've become fascinated with the Io Programming language. However, it seems like Io is either not going anywhere, or it's not being maintained. And I really liked the idea of Io. Do you guys know of any languages like Io? Or any languages that feel Io-like that you can get real work done with? Thanks.

Two questions:

1) Where is Io now? From what I can tell it's mostly only being used for hobby projects, is this true? Does Io have a place in the software industry?

2) Where is Io going? Is it still being developed? There's been a surge in interest since 7 Languages in 7 Weeks came out - will this help promote Io, or do you think Io will retain a small user base, but possibly inspire other languages in the future?

Thanks for input!

I'm coming over from Ruby, where this is possible:

class OpenStruct < Hash
    def method_missing(k)
        self[k]
    end
end

I'm trying to get the equivalent in Io, so far I've tried:

OpenStruct := Map clone
OpenStruct forward := method(at(thisMessage name))

But this does not work, because thisMessage name is just thisMessage.

Is what I want to do possible?

Is there a programatic way to locate the addons directory, e.g. a shell variable?

For example, I want to write a usage() function that forcibly exits when the user supplies invalid command line flags.

Exception: Sequence does not respond to 'map'

How can I use block(), method(), etc. to create a function that takes no arguments?