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24 alternatives to A programming language that uses only parentheses
A Lisp-style language whose programs consist entirely of parentheses. - cammckinnon/Parenthetic
Parenthetic is a Lisp-style programming language where entire programs consist solely of parentheses. It targets developers and programmers interested in esoteric languages and functional programming concepts. 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 that uses only parentheses launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Parinfer - simpler Lisp editing
2015 · shaunlebron.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, author here. Happy to answer any questions. I had an itch to make a lisp like language that was a thin layer on top JavaScript. Something that could leverage the thriving ecosystem that exists around JavaScript. It's brittle, hot off the oven. Besides being a fan of parenthesis, I think macros fill in a gap that the JavaScript ecosystem today fills in with one-off compilers, bundler plugins and such. Macros can't do everything, but for example I think they have the potential to enable things like JSX, Solid and Svelte style libraries. Take the tour to get a feel for what it can do and…
2023 · daklang.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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A lisp dialect based on pattern matching and term rewriting - abuseofnotation/termlisp
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi friends, I started casually working on scrapscript in 2015. I built a few compilers over the years to test out various ideas/implementations, and I think I'm finally happy with the overall design. The code is not public yet. Email me at [email protected] if you're interested in joining the core team later this year. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback :)
2023 · scrapscript.org · its alternatives →
- 6ID
2013 · rhoscript.com · its alternatives →
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Write your own compiler: introduction. Code genetation. AST. Abstract syntax tree. lisp. javascript.
2017 · blog.klipse.tech · its alternatives →
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A lisp rosetta stone to demonstrate modern language features - eatonphil/lisp-rosetta-stone
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been spending some time coding fp. It is a programming language heavily inspired by the language John Backus described in his 1977 Turing Award lecture. There's plenty of examples in the projects github repository for the interested!
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN — I’ve been working on Gene, a general-purpose, homoiconic language with a Lisp-like surface syntax, but with a core data model that’s intentionally not just “lists all the way down”. What’s unique: the Gene data type Gene’s central idea is a single unified structure that always carries (1) a type, (2) key/value properties, and (3) positional children: (type ^prop1 value1 ^prop2 value2 child1 child2 ...) The key point is that the type, each property name, each property value, and each child can themselves be any Gene data. Everything composes uniformly. In practice this is…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11CC
2013 · torso.me · its alternatives →
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GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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The cuteness implementation of a dependently typed language. - caotic123/PomPom-Language
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Indentation-based syntax for Clojure. Contribute to ilevd/cwp development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Next-level syntax for C-like languages :). Contribute to kiselgra/c-mera development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 16MM
Sep 2026 · quadracollision.com · its alternatives →
- 17CD
2012 · scattered-thoughts.net · its alternatives →
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A minimalist type-inferred programming language with procedural macro support - murisi/L2
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →
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A minimal viable programming language on top of liblgpp - codr7/alang
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable. - riicchhaarrd/ocean
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 22GI
Hi all! I'm going into my freshman year, and figured that the best way to prepare for the intro to programming Racket course would be to implement my own garbage-collected, dynamically typed, functional programming language in C ;) Anyways... here's the repo: https://github.com/liam-ilan/crumb I started learning C over the summer, so I still have a whole lot to learn... Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! :D
2023 · its alternatives →
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Python library for creating data pipelines with chain functional programming - EntilZha/PyFunctional
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive functional programming course for children based on clojure and klipse - viebel/kids.klipse.tech
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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