<s>
eC	B-Language
(	O
Ecere	B-Language
C	I-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
super-set	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
eC	B-Language
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Ecere	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
development	B-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
are	O
to	O
provide	O
object-oriented	B-Language
constructs	O
,	O
reflection	B-Language
,	O
properties	B-Language
and	O
dynamic	B-Operating_System
modules	B-Architecture
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
C	B-Language
language	I-Language
while	O
maintaining	O
C	B-Language
compatibility	O
and	O
optimal	O
native	B-Language
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eC	B-Language
currently	O
relies	O
on	O
GCC	B-Application
or	O
Clang	B-Application
to	O
perform	O
the	O
final	O
steps	O
of	O
compilation	B-Language
,	O
using	O
C	B-Language
as	O
an	O
intermediate	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
plans	O
to	O
integrate	O
directly	O
with	O
LLVM	B-Application
to	O
skip	O
the	O
intermediate	O
C	B-Language
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eC	B-Language
is	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
ecere-sdk	O
package	O
in	O
Debian/Ubuntu	O
and	O
other	O
derived	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Application
installer	O
also	O
bundling	O
MinGW-w64	B-Application
is	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
SDK	O
including	O
the	O
eC	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
built	O
for	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
deploy	O
eC	B-Language
applications	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
by	O
compiling	B-Language
them	O
to	O
JavaScript	B-Language
through	O
Emscripten	B-Language
,	O
or	O
to	O
WebAssembly	B-Language
through	O
Binaryen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
program	O
in	O
eC	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
program	O
programmed	O
with	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
:	O
</s>
