Rate my revolutionary language. It's called C2, because

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Rate my revolutionary language. It's called C2, because it's twice as good as C.

using c2.Application;
using c2.data.Json;
using c2.net.Http;
using c2.io.File;

// Python-style indentation-based syntax for a fresh, clean look
class ExampleMain implements Application:
    /*
      auto is the equivalent of @Autowired in Spring
      e.g. the value gets injected by the runtime upon class instantiation
      this reduces coupling in comparison to using Java's System.out
    */
    auto Output stdout

    constructor():
        // C-style semantics for endless possibilities
        int a = 42

    void run():
        stdout.writeLine('Hello World!')

        File f = File.open('test.txt', 'wt')
        f.writeLine('for me')

        // UFCS - gets converted to this.myWriteLine(f, ...)
        f.myWriteLine('and you')

        f.close()

        Http.get('api.4chan.org/status', func(Json data):
            // Json object gets implicity stringified, obviously
            stdout.writeLine('Response is:', data)
        )

        // Main thread ends while the request is still in progress,
        // but like in Java, program doesn't quit until all threads have finished

    // Output is a generic OutputStream-like interface
    // for convenience, it handles both byte- and character-based IO
    void myWriteLine(Output f, Any... text):
        f.write('Special output: ', text, '\n')


~$ c2 --verbose example.c2
Compiling example.c2...
Found 1 implementation(s) of c2.Application:
    - ExampleMain
Instantiating ExampleMain
Calling Application.run

Hello World!
Response is: {'status': 'ok'}