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24 alternatives to A programming language I've been working on called Ark

A compiled systems programming language written in Go using the LLVM framework - ark-lang/ark

Ark is a compiled systems programming language built in Go that leverages the LLVM framework for code generation and optimization. Designed for developers working on performance-critical applications, it combines the… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A programming language I've been working on called Ark launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    ArkScript is a small, fast, functional and scripting language for C++ projects - ArkScript-lang/Ark

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A compiled systems programming language written in Go using the LLVM framework - ark-lang/ark

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This is an introduction to the "Nature" project: https://nature-lang.org/docs/getting-started/meet-nature I am the author of the Nature language, and today I have released the 0.4.0-beta version. For detailed updates, please see https://nature-lang.org/docs/prologue/release-notes Now, Nature can easily interact with C language. It is anticipated that in about six months, Nature will release a version available to the community. By then, there will be stable syntax API, a complete standard library, and support for development tools. Moreover,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM. - tinygo-org/tinygo

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Recently created a minimal persistent relational database in Go. Main focus was on implementing & understanding working the of database, storage management & transaction handling. Use of B+ Tree for storage engine(support for indexing), managing a Free List (for reusing nodes), Support for transactions, Concurrent Reads. Still have many things to add & fix like query processing being one of the main & fixing some bugs Repo link - https://github.com/Sahilb315/AtomixDB Would love to hear your thoughts

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My implementation of Thorsten Bell's book (Writing an Interpreter in Go) - actuallyachraf/monkey-giggle

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A functional programming language with static memory management - vekatze/neut

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LangSmith▲350

    Build and deploy LLM applications with confidence

    2023 · langchain.com · its alternatives →

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    I’ve just released Ark v0.5.0, a lightweight Entity Component System (ECS) library for Go, built with a focus on performance and simplicity. If you're new to Ark: it's a high-performance Go ECS library with a clean API and zero dependencies. Beyond its core ECS functionality, Ark stands out for ultra-fast batch operations and first-class support for entity relationships. This release brings notable performance improvements to queries via smarter indexing, plus new methods for sampling random entities. The documentation has been expanded with a chapter on design philosophy and limitations,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    No gc, No goroutines, Produces small binaries while using the unmodified official go toolchain, and comes with complete Web SDK (generated from w3c/webref). We are building `pcz` to provide a reimagination of Go the language, in an effort to make it suitable for all kinds of programming tasks, and currently you can use it to build efficient web applications in Go using the generated Web SDK (as shown with the live web demo[1]). The journey is just starting, any suggestions? or any critics? [1]: https://primecitizens.github.io/livedemos/10-plat-web/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sage is a Rust-like programming language built on a brainfuck-inspired VM with LLVM-like properties. https://github.com/adam-mcdaniel/sage Check out the web-demo to run the compiler in the browser, along with a graphical example using JavaScript interop! https://adam-mcdaniel.net/sage Sage is designed to be portable, but also useful. To prove its usefulness, I used it to implement a user-space for a new operating system: SageOS https://github.com/adam-mcdaniel/sage-os The language also runs on embedded devices, like the flipper zero!

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AntiLang is an interpreted programming language written in Go. The basic idea of this is to keep all the logical parts of a language same, but reverse the structure of it. The idea for this project came when I was having a long midnight conversation with my friend and thought of writing such a weird language. The initial draft was far worse than the current implementation; we thought of reversing the brackets and the language would be read from bottom to top. I'm happy that I dropped that idea Technical details: As the interpreter is written in Golang, I compiled it to WASM, and the whole…

    2025 · siruscodes.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Run your favourite programming languages online

    2019 · mycompiler.io · its alternatives →

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    Full gscript scripting language implementation using the GVM as a runtime environment. A language with objects, functions, strings, numbers and booleans. Easy to hack, understand, embed or modify. - gs-lang/README.md at master · geertvos/gs-lang

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A BASIC interpreter written in golang. Contribute to skx/gobasic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🔬 a C++ compiler middle-end, using an LLVM backend - artagnon/rhine

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I have been working on this game somewhat sparsely for the past three years or so. However, it is still in a very early stage, and there is a lot of work to do. One of my friends encouraged me to post about it here, since he felt people might find interesting how I don’t use any libraries for it. The game can be played on a browser by virtue of WebAssembly. There are native ports using either MiniFB or SDL2, but you have to build those yourself. I decided to write the game in C because I feel like it is a simple language that a lot of people can understand well enough, and I didn’t think I…

    2023 · zamfofex.neocities.org · its alternatives →

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    Ape Programming Language. Contribute to kgabis/ape development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Pascal to LLVM compiler in Haskell . Contribute to sam46/Paskell development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    G'day, HN! I'm one of the maintainers of `llm`. I've been working alongside a trusty group of contributors to bring this project to life, and we're now at a point where we're ready to share it with the world. Large language models (LLMs) are taking the computing world by storm due to their emergent abilities that allow them to perform a wide variety of tasks, including translation, summarization, code generation, and even some degree of reasoning. However, the ecosystem around LLMs is still in its infancy, and it can be difficult to get started with these models. `llm` is a one-stop shop for…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    C to Go Assembly. Contribute to minio/c2goasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Library for interacting with LLVM IR in pure Go. Contribute to llir/llvm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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