The Pliant programming language is based on a dynamic compiler, which makes it act like it is interpreted. The default syntax is almost trivial, and based on indentation, so it is an off-side rule language. It is reflective: Pliant programs can modify the parser, compiler, code generator, and code optimizer. FullPliant is an operating system based on, and written in, Pliant, by Pliant's author. The language and OS form an elegant integrated and highly flexible whole. Pliant's core advantage is its ability to allow several levels of programming, from low-level instruction lists, to high-level expression manipulation, in one unified environment, and syntax as needed. Thus, it stresses the "compiling rules" definitions using "meta" functions (functions run at compile time to compile an expression) and "active types" (types having their own compiling scheme). Motives Hubert Tonneau initiated the Pliant

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