> The other alternative I have thought of is to start with a statically typed > OOP language that has a single root object class (I'm thinking of a > delphi/Pascal variant) and adding a scripting/dynamically typed execution > mode. The type declarations of Pascal become optional (actually, mostly > ignored), and the syntax otherwise stays Pascal. > > I think I would call my new hybrid Blaise. Wonderful! I think you can start from Free Pascal. It is already free and open source. -- jilani __________________________________________________ http://space.tin.it/scuola/jkhaldi