Io is just shy of being 10 years old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(programming_language)) so isn't th

Io is just shy of being 10 years old (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(programming_language)) so isn't that new though perhaps it's getting a bit more mention recently probably because of the book Seven Languages in Seven Weeks (http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-weeks http://pragprog.com/titles/btlang/seven-languages-in-seven-w...). There have been a few discussions about Io on HN before. Here is one post/thread from last year: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538835 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1538835