Using the good things from existing languages and avoiding their deficiencies, throwing in a few brand new ideas, I started developing this new programming language.

To obtain the code with Mercurial for the first time:

   hg clone https://zimbu.googlecode.com/hg/ zimbu
   cd zimbu
   make bootstrap

To update to the current version (discarding local changes):

   make update

On MS-Windows you need to install MingW with the pthreads-win32 module. Then build with:

   make -f Makeming.mak

Current status:

• The compiler is written in Zimbu and is able to compile itself.
• This is a proof of concept, only some parts are properly implemented.
• ZWT now mostly works: Zimbu Web Toolkit; this produces JavaScript besides C. Currently it can create buttons, labels, panels, change colors, etc.
• Protocol buffers have been partly implemented. Client-server RPCs from ZWT work.

For more information see the website http://www.zimbu.org

Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/zimbu-discuss