<s>
Ring	O
is	O
a	O
dynamically	B-Language
typed	I-Language
,	O
general-purpose	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
C/C	O
++	O
projects	O
,	O
extended	O
using	O
C/C	O
++	O
code	O
and/or	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
supported	O
programming	O
paradigms	O
are	O
imperative	B-Application
,	O
procedural	B-Application
,	O
object-oriented	B-Language
,	O
functional	B-Language
,	O
meta	B-Application
,	O
declarative	B-Language
using	O
nested	O
structures	O
,	O
and	O
natural	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
portable	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
WebAssembly	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
console	B-Device
,	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
web	B-Application
,	O
game	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Mahmoud	O
Samir	O
Fayed	O
created	O
a	O
minor	O
domain-specific	B-Language
language	I-Language
called	O
Supernova	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
User	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
UI	O
)	O
creation	O
and	O
uses	O
some	O
ideas	O
related	O
to	O
Natural	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
then	O
he	O
realized	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
language	O
that	O
is	O
general-purpose	B-General_Concept
and	O
can	O
increase	O
the	O
productivity	O
of	O
natural	O
language	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
aims	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
language	O
focused	O
on	O
helping	O
the	O
developer	O
with	O
building	O
natural	O
interfaces	O
and	O
declarative	B-Language
DSLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
and	O
flexible	O
language	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
C/C	O
++	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
language	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
education	O
and	O
introducing	O
Compiler/VM	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
General-Purpose	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
creating	O
domain-specific	O
libraries	O
,	O
frameworks	O
and	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Practical	O
language	O
designed	O
for	O
creating	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Programming	B-Language
Without	I-Language
Coding	I-Language
Technology	I-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
supports	O
Object	B-Language
Oriented	I-Language
Programming	I-Language
(	O
Classes	O
,	O
Objects	O
,	O
Composition	O
,	O
Inheritance	O
,	O
Encapsulation	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
programs	O
are	O
not	O
interpreted	B-Application
directly	O
from	O
the	O
textual	O
Ring	O
file	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
compiled	B-Language
into	O
bytecode	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
then	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
Ring	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compilation	B-Language
process	O
is	O
typically	O
invisible	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
is	O
performed	O
at	O
run-time	B-Library
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
offline	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
loading	O
performance	O
or	O
reduce	O
the	O
memory	O
footprint	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
environment	O
by	O
leaving	O
out	O
the	O
compiler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Compiler	B-Language
and	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
Machine	I-Architecture
are	O
designed	O
using	O
Visual	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
through	O
the	O
Programming	B-Language
Without	I-Language
Coding	I-Language
Technology	I-Language
software	O
then	O
the	O
C	B-Language
code	O
is	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extensions	O
are	O
implemented	O
in	O
approximately	O
500,000	O
lines	O
of	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
comes	O
with	O
libraries	O
written	O
in	O
Ring	O
itself	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
libraries	O
related	O
to	O
web	B-Application
and	O
game	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GUI	B-Application
Library	O
Classes	O
and	O
functions	O
for	O
creating	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
Objects	O
Library	O
Classes	O
and	O
functions	O
for	O
creating	O
GUI	B-Application
applications	O
using	O
the	O
MVC	O
design	O
pattern	O
Web	B-Application
Library	O
Simple	O
framework	O
for	O
developing	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
using	O
the	O
MVC	O
design	O
pattern	O
Game	O
Engine	O
Support	O
developing	O
2D	O
Games	O
for	O
Desktop	O
and	O
Mobile	O
using	O
Declarative	B-Language
Programming	I-Language
based	O
on	O
Allegro	B-Language
and	O
LibSDL	B-Operating_System
Natural	O
Library	O
General-Purpose	B-General_Concept
Natural	B-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
Programming	I-General_Concept
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
Ring	O
Library	O
Contains	O
functions	O
similar	O
to	O
Visual	B-Application
FoxPro	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
is	O
also	O
distributed	O
with	O
extensions	O
for	O
many	O
code	B-Application
editors	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
Notepad++	B-Language
,	O
Geany	B-Language
,	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
Sublime	B-Language
Text	I-Language
2	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
is	O
distributed	O
with	O
documentation	O
written	O
using	O
Sphinx	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ring	O
is	O
listed	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
in	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
programming	O
languages	O
that	O
are	O
actively	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
