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Squirrel

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Squirrel

Summary

Squirrel is a scripting language[1]. Squirrel draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (scripting_language category, ranking #9 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • Squirrel was influenced by Q2407[3].
  • Squirrel was influenced by Q2005[4].
  • Squirrel was influenced by Lua[5].
  • Squirrel was influenced by Python[6].
  • Squirrel's instance of is recorded as scripting language[7].
  • Squirrel's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[8].
  • Squirrel's instance of is recorded as class-based programming language[9].
  • Squirrel's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[10].
  • Squirrel's instance of is recorded as implementation of a programming language[11].
  • Squirrel's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[12].
  • Squirrel's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0.4[13].
  • Squirrel's software version identifier is recorded as 3.1[14].
  • Squirrel's software version identifier is recorded as 0.1[15].
  • Squirrel's software version identifier is recorded as 3.2[16].
  • +2003-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Squirrel[17].
  • Squirrel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/084pb2[18].
  • Squirrel's official website is recorded as http://squirrel-lang.org/[19].
  • Squirrel's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/albertodemichelis/squirrel[20].
  • Squirrel's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/squirrel[21].
  • Squirrel's SourceForge project is recorded as squirrel[22].
  • Squirrel's programming paradigm is recorded as class-based programming[23].
  • Squirrel's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[24].
  • Squirrel's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[25].
  • Squirrel's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[26].
  • Squirrel's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include scripting language[7], procedural programming language[8], class-based programming language[9], free and open-source software[10], and implementation of a programming language[11].

History and Context

+2003-09-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Squirrel[17].

Why It Matters

Squirrel draws 89 Wikipedia views per month (scripting_language category, ranking #9 of 20).[2] Squirrel has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Squirrel has been cited as an influence by Croc[29], a scripting language[30], founded in 2006[31].

FAQs

Who did Squirrel influence?

Squirrel has been cited as an influence by Croc[29].

Related Entities

C++ class-based programming language Croc JavaScript Lua procedural programming procedural programming language Python scripting language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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