<s>
Genie	B-Language
is	O
a	O
modern	O
,	O
general-purpose	O
high-level	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
in	O
development	O
since	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
,	O
simpler	O
and	O
cleaner	O
dialect	O
for	O
the	O
Vala	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
,	O
while	O
preserving	O
the	O
same	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Vala	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genie	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
same	O
compiler	B-Language
and	O
libraries	O
as	O
Vala	B-Language
;	O
the	O
two	O
can	O
indeed	O
be	O
used	O
alongside	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genie	B-Language
's	O
syntax	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
numerous	O
modern	O
languages	O
like	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Boo	B-Application
,	O
D	B-Application
and	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
vein	O
of	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Genie	B-Language
uses	O
indentation	O
rather	O
than	O
explicit	O
block	O
delimiters	O
(	O
like	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
curly	O
brackets	O
)	O
to	O
delimit	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Vala	B-Language
,	O
Genie	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
GObject	B-Language
type	O
system	O
to	O
create	O
classes	O
and	O
interfaces	O
declared	O
in	O
Genie	B-Language
source	O
code	O
,	O
without	O
imposing	O
additional	O
runtime	O
requirements	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
unlike	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
or	O
C#	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genie	B-Language
allows	O
access	O
to	O
C	B-Language
libraries	O
,	O
especially	O
those	O
based	O
in	O
GObject	B-Language
(	O
like	O
GTK	B-Application
)	O
,	O
without	O
using	O
a	O
different	O
application	B-Operating_System
binary	I-Operating_System
interface	I-Operating_System
(	O
ABI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
compilation	B-Language
,	O
the	O
code	O
is	O
first	O
translated	O
to	O
C	B-Language
source	O
and	O
header	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
then	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
platform-specific	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
using	O
any	O
available	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
like	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programs	O
developed	O
in	O
Vala	B-Language
and	O
Genie	B-Language
do	O
not	O
depend	O
on	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
Environment	I-Application
,	O
usually	O
requiring	O
only	O
GLib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Genie	B-Language
for	O
loops	O
are	O
inclusive	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
handling	O
of	O
empty	O
lists	O
cumbersome	O
:	O
</s>
