<s>
Qore	B-Language
is	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
,	O
high-level	B-Language
,	O
general-purpose	B-Language
,	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collected	I-General_Concept
dynamic	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
featuring	O
support	O
for	O
code	O
embedding	O
and	O
sandboxing	O
with	O
optional	O
strong	O
typing	O
and	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
fundamental	O
support	O
for	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
and	O
SMP	O
scalability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
is	O
unique	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
scripting	O
language	O
with	O
fundamental	O
support	O
for	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
(	O
meaning	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
can	O
run	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
additionally	O
because	O
it	O
features	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
(	O
meaning	O
programmers	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
allocate	O
and	O
free	O
memory	O
explicitly	O
)	O
while	O
also	O
supporting	O
the	O
RAII	B-Application
idiom	I-Application
with	O
destructors	O
for	O
scope-based	B-Application
resource	I-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
exception-safe	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
Qore	B-Language
's	O
unique	O
implementation	O
for	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collection	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
scripts	O
typically	O
have	O
the	O
following	O
extensions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Executable	O
Qore	B-Language
scripts	O
on	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
will	O
typically	O
start	O
with	O
a	O
hashbang	B-Operating_System
to	O
specify	O
the	O
filename	O
of	O
the	O
interpreter	B-Application
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
syntax	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
and	O
inspired	O
from	O
the	O
following	O
programming	O
languages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
Qore	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
fundamental	O
design	O
principle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
elements	O
of	O
Qore	B-Language
are	O
thread-safe	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
language	O
in	O
general	O
has	O
been	O
designed	O
with	O
SMP	O
scalability	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
,	O
Qore	B-Language
programs	O
and	O
scripts	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
limit	O
themselves	O
to	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
Qore	B-Language
's	O
functionality	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
why	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
Global	B-Operating_System
interpreter	I-Operating_System
lock	I-Operating_System
in	O
Qore	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Threading	O
functionality	O
in	O
Qore	B-Language
is	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
's	O
POSIX	B-Operating_System
threads	I-Operating_System
library	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
features	O
a	O
unique	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collection	I-General_Concept
approach	O
called	O
that	O
allows	O
destructors	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
immediately	O
when	O
objects	O
go	O
out	O
of	O
scope	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
they	O
have	O
recursive	O
references	O
back	O
to	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
for	O
Qore	B-Language
to	O
support	O
the	O
RAII	B-Application
idiom	I-Application
and	O
also	O
perform	O
garbage	B-General_Concept
collected	I-General_Concept
automatic	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
embedding	O
and	O
sandboxing	O
logic	O
in	O
applications	O
;	O
this	O
also	O
applies	O
to	O
applications	O
written	O
in	O
Qore	B-Language
as	O
well	O
as	O
applications	O
using	O
the	O
Qore	B-Language
library	O
's	O
public	O
C++	B-Language
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
's	O
standard	O
runtime	O
library	O
supports	O
data	O
mapping	O
,	O
APIs	O
for	O
communicating	O
with	O
databases	O
(	O
including	O
high-level	B-Language
APIs	O
for	O
SQL	O
operations	O
,	O
schema	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
DBA	O
actions	O
)	O
,	O
client	O
APIs	O
and	O
server	O
infrastructure	O
implementations	O
for	O
many	O
protocols	O
including	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
REST	B-Protocol
(	O
with	O
REST	B-Protocol
schema	O
validation/code	O
generation	O
including	O
Swagger	B-Application
support	O
)	O
,	O
client/server	O
SOAP	B-Application
support	O
(	O
including	O
code	O
and	O
message	O
generation	O
)	O
,	O
WebSocket	B-Protocol
,	O
RPC	B-Operating_System
protocols	I-Operating_System
,	O
,	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
file	O
format	O
and	O
file	O
-	O
and	O
data-exchange	O
protocols	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
supports	O
testing	O
through	O
the	O
which	O
facilitates	O
automated	O
testing	O
and	O
Continuous	O
integration	O
processes	O
for	O
code	O
written	O
in	O
Qore	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qore	B-Language
's	O
Git	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
repository	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Binary	O
packages	O
are	O
available	O
as	O
s	O
,	O
in	O
MacPorts	B-Application
and	O
in	O
FreeBSD	B-Application
Ports	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
;	O
see	O
on	O
the	O
Qore	B-Language
wiki	O
for	O
more	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
