Nemerle: a new hybrid (functional, object-oriented and imperative) programming language for the .NET platform.

I found this site while surfing the web this evening. After a quick glance through some of the tutorials it looks pretty intriguing. The macro system looks really neat. Here are the key features listed on their site:

• simplicity
• C#-like syntax
• easy to use object system (derived directly from the .NET)
• easy access to both functional and imperative features
• powerful code-generating macros
• variants
• pattern matching
• static and on-demand dynamic typing
• type inference.

 Apparently they have received a sizable grant from MS research for developing the language as well. Definitely cool stuff.