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Lingo is the language written for Macromedia's Director software. Director was the dominant environment for designers and artists making CD-ROM projects, but has declining in popularity during the web era due to the success of Flash. It is still one of the most commonly used environments and it has excellent libraries of code for extending its functionality.

Lingo is integrated into a visual environment with a theater metaphor using terms like "stage" and "cast" to describe different elements of the software. The Lingo language is characterized by its verbose English-like syntax. It has been modified in recent years to support object oriented structures and 3D graphics.
 

 
  Processing Lingo
  background(0);
background(255); 		the stageColor = 255
the stageColor = 0
  background(255, 204, 0); (the stage).bgcolor = rgb(255,204,0)
  stroke(255);
stroke(0); 		(the stage).image.draw(x1,y1,x2,y2, 0)
(the stage).image.draw(x1,y1,x2,y2, 255)
  stroke(255, 204, 0); (the stage).image.draw(x1,y1,x2,y2, rgb(255,204,0))
  fill(0, 102, 153); (the stage).image.fill(left, top, right, bottom, rgb(0,102,153))
 
 
  Processing Lingo
  point(30, 20); (the stage).image.setPixel(30,20,rgb(0,120,153))
  line(0, 20, 80, 20); (the stage).image.draw(0, 20, 80, 20, [#shapeType:#line])
  rect(10, 20, 30, 30); (the stage).image.fill(10,20,30,30, [#shapeType:#rect])
(the stage).image.draw(10,20,30,30, [#shapeType:#rect])
 
 
  Processing Lingo
  set(30, 20, 255); (the stage).image.setPixel(30,20,rgb(0,120,153))
  a = get((60, 10); a = (the stage).image.getPixel(60,10)
  pixels[y*width+x] N/A
     
 
  Processing Lingo
  int x = 70;   // Initialize
x = 30;  // Change value		 x = 70  -- Initialize
x = 30  -- Change value
  float x = 70.0;   
x = 30.0;		 x = 70.0  -- Initialize
x = 30.0  -- Change value
  int[] a = {5, 10, 11};
a[0] = 12;  // Reassign		 a = [5,10,11]
a[1] = 12  -- Reassign
     
i
 
  Processing Lingo
  void draw() {
  // Statements
} 		repeat while TRUE
-- Statements
end repeat
  for(int a=45; a<=55; a++) {
  // Statements
} 		repeat with a = 45 to 55
   -- Statements
end repeat
  if(c==1) {
  // Statements
} 		if c = 1 then
   -- Statements
end if
  if(c!=1) {
  // Statements
} 		if not(c = 1) then
   -- Statements
end if
  if(c < 1) {
  // Statements
} 		if c < 1 then
   -- Statements
end if
  if(c >= 1) {
  // Statements
} 		if c >= 1 then
   -- Statements
end if
  if((c >= 1) && (c < 20)) {
  // Statements
}		 if c >= 1 and c < 20 then
   -- Statements
end if
 

if(c >= 20) {
  // Statements 1
} else if (c == 0) {
  // Statements 2
} else {
  // Statements 3
}

if c >= 20 then
   -- Statements 1
else if c = 0 then
   -- Statements 2
else
   -- Statements 3
end if
     
i
 
  Processing Lingo
  // Comment -- Comment
  void doIt(int x) {
  // Statements
}

doIt(x); 		on doIt x
   -- Statements
end

doIt x
  int square(int x) {
  return x*x;
}

square(X); 		on square x
   return x*x
end

put square(x)
     
i
 
  Processing Lingo
  mouseX
mouseY
mousePressed
 the mouseH
the mouseV
mouseDown()
  void mousePressed() {
  // Statements
} 		on mouseDown
   -- Statements
end if
  (key=='a') 
(key=='b') 
...
 (the key = "a")
(the key = "b")
...
  void keyPressed() {
  // Statements
} 		on keyDown
   -- Statements
end
  hour()
minute()
second() 		currentTime = the long time
hour = value(chars(currentTime,1,2))
minute = value(chars(currentTime,4,5))
hour =value(chars(currentTime,7,8))
     


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