<h2>The Diamond Programming Language</h2> Diamond is a compiled , open source , high level programming language. Diamond was developed by Sloan Crandell. Diamond Files are compiled into byte code files(.gex) that are executed by a virtual machine. A pre alpha version of the compiler was released to the public on June 27 and a beta version will be released sometime in august. The syntax is similar to basic and Java but with some notable differences. <h2>Example</h2> A traditional Hello World program can be written in Diamond as: <source lang = "java"> import diamond.core class HelloWorld void main() PrintLine("Hello, World!") wait() end </source> </b> <h2> References</h2> http://diamond.codeplex.com/