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Ceylon: True advance, or just another language?

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doc "Simple Counting Class"

class Counter( Natural? start ) {
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variable Natural count := 0;
if (exists start) {
count := start;
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doc "The incrementer"

shared void increment() {
count++;
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doc "The getter"
shared Natural currentValue {
return count;
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shared assign currentValue {
count := currentValue;
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case (is ComplexCounter) {
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