Since version 0.23.6 of EO we got rid of the char object. We want to simplify the core of the language and believe that this object can be easily replaced with its actual representation, i.e. an array of bytes. Now, if you want to get a character, you can just use the string object instead. All of these examples are valid strings: "\u0123", "h", "\t", "\n" and "\07". We got rid of the string.char-at and bytes.as-char objects.

EO is a new experimental programming language. EO is not planning to become a mainstream language—this is not what we want. Our main goal is to prove to ourselves that true object-oriented programming is practically possible. Not just in books and abstract examples, but in real code that works. That’s why EO is being created—to put all those “crazy” pure object-oriented ideas into practice and see whether they can work.