<story><title>Io language</title><url>http://iolanguage.org/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>talkingquickly</author><text>This is one of the languages covered in the excellent Prag Prog book &amp;quot;7 Languages in 7 Weeks&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://pragprog.com/book/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;pragprog.com&amp;#x2F;book&amp;#x2F;btlang&amp;#x2F;seven-languages-in-seven-we...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;p&gt;It wasn&amp;#x27;t until I went through that books section on io and how prototypal inheritance works that I felt like I really started to get a handle on JavaScript.</text></comment>
<story><title>Io language</title><url>http://iolanguage.org/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>wiremine</author><text>IO has been around for a while now, I remember it got some press back when _why was still active:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://viewsourcecode.org/why/hackety.org/2008/01/05/ioHasAVeryCleanMirror.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;viewsourcecode.org&amp;#x2F;why&amp;#x2F;hackety.org&amp;#x2F;2008&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;ioHasAV...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve played around with it a bit over the years: it is a fun little language.&lt;p&gt;Edit: fixed typo.</text></comment>