The alphabet in programming languages

Question

Our task is to, for each letter of the (English) alphabet, write a program that prints the alphabet, in a language whose name starts with that letter.

Input: none

Output:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

(trailing newline optional)

Rules:

• The scoring metric is the length of the programming language name, plus the length of the code. Hence, C will be assessed a "penalty" of 1, while GolfScript will be assessed a penalty of 10.
• One language/implementation per answer. Multiple answers are encouraged.
• The programming language should have existed prior to the writing of this post, on this eighteenth of April 2011.
• If a programming language name's first letter is not an English letter, it should not be coerced into one. It will be treated as a separate letter (meaning less competition).
• No answer will be accepted until every English letter has a solution.

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Current rankings:

• A​PL: 17
• B​ash: 25
• C​: 35
• d​c: 19
• E​: 29
• F​alse: 22
• G​olfscript: 18
• H​askell: 28
• I​nform 6: 47
• J​: 15
• K​: 13
• L​ogo: 30
• M​atlab: 24
• n​ewLISP: 42
• O​wl: 14
• P​erl: 14
• Q​Basic: 35
• R​uby: 19
• S​cala: 21
• T​cl: 36
• U​nicon: 56
• V​BA: 37
• W​ake: 37
• X​tal: 35
• Y​oix: 48
• Z​sh: 38

Tell me if I'm missing anybody.

Answer 1

m4

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

(Hey, shinh lists it as a supported language)

Answer 2

C, 36 characters → Score: 37

main(a){for(;++a<28;)putchar(95+a);}

Answer 3

H is for Haskell, 21 characters → Score: 28

main=putStr['a'..'z']

Answer 4

Xtal

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".p;

Answer 5

E, 28 characters → Score: 29

for x in 0..25{print('a'+x)}

Answer 6

N is for newLISP, 35 characters -> Score: 42

(print"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")

Answer 7

L#, 28 characters → Score: 30

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

Answer 8

Z is for zsh, 31 characters -> Score: 38

echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 9

F is for False, 17 characters -> Score: 22

97[$123\>][$,1+]#

Answer 10

U is for Unicon, 50 + 6 = 56

procedure main();every writes(char(97 to 122));end

Answer 11

c,34 characaters -> score : 35

main(a){for(;a++<27;putch(95+a));}

Answer 12

G is for Groovy 25 -> Score: 31

('a'..'z').each{print it}

Answer 13

Q is for Q (4 characters) -> Score 5

.Q.a 

Output:

"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

If this isn't valid base don the rules I'm afraid Q doesn't actually permit strings to be outputted. The closest it can get is to cast as a symbol:

`$.Q.a

Output:

`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 14

A is for awk: 37 characters -> score 40

BEGIN{for(i=96;i++<122;)printf"%c",i}

Answer 15

B is for Batch File, 31 characters → Score: 41

echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 16

PHP, 26 characters -> Score: 29

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 17

Ada, 92 characters -> Score: 95

with ada.text_io;use ada.text_io;procedure a is begin put("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz");end;

Answer 18

U is for Unlambda - 8 + 79 = 87

``````````````````````````.a.b.c.d.e.f.g.h.i.j.k.l.m.n.o.p.q.r.s.t.u.v.w.x.y.zr

Answer 19

F is for F#, 36 characters -> Score: 38

printf("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")

Answer 20

Wake

all: "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

Answer 21

Q is for QBasic, 29 characters → Score: 35

?"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

Untested, but programming is like riding a bike, right?

Answer 22

E, 26 characters → Score: 27

for x in'a'..'z'{print(x)}

This is based off Joey's answer.

Answer 23

Python 36+6 = 42

print''.join(map(chr,range(97,123)))

Not the shortest...

Answer 24

Tcl - 31 + 3 = 34

puts abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 25

vimscript

What does output mean?

Assuming output to the current vim buffer is ok:

:norm aabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Otherwise, output to stdout:

:!echo abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 26

Groovy:(JVM Language)

println 'a'..'z' 

Edit, This doesn't work, it produces the following output:

[a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z]

not the required output:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Answer 27

R for R, 8 characters → Score: 9

Using built in array of chars but there isn't rule that disallow it.

letters

Answer 28

V is for VBA - 43 (40+3) or 32 (29+3)

(formatted to run in the immediate window)

40 chars

For b=65 To 90:c=c & Chr(b):Next:Print c

And shorter, but no thinking involved:

29 chars

?"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

Answer 29

PHP 26 + 3 = 29

<?=implode('',range(a,z));