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The current
release is
Agena 0.28.2


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What is Agena ?

Agena is an easy-to-learn procedural programming language designed to be used in scientific, educational, linguistic, and many other applications.
 
What can you do with Agena ?
 
Agena provides you with all the means you need to implement your ideas quickly: fast real and complex arithmetics, efficient text processing, flexible data structures, intelligent procedures and package management, plus various configuration facilities.

Solaris CDE Screenshot
Agena on Sun Solaris for Sparc
  Which operating systems are supported ?
 
You can download installers for SolarisWindows, Linux, OS/2 & eComStation, and DOS.

How does it look like ?
 
The syntax looks like very simplified Algol 68 with elements taken from Lua and SQL. Click here to take a tour.

How has it been implemented ?
 
Agena is based on the ANSI C source code of Lua, a popular and widely used Open Source programming language.

What does the name Agena mean ?
 
Agena is the second brightest star in the Southern hemisphere and the name of an unmanned target vehicle used in the 1960s in NASA's Gemini missions. Click here for some pictures of past times.

 




Latest News

November 20, 2009
The new Agena 0.28 release has new user-friendly syntax features and more !
 
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