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24 alternatives to You can program without loop and recursion and×÷- is all you need

a total and turing complete [?] programming language - raoofha/Ar

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. You can program without loop and recursion and×÷- is all you need launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Maybe Haskell▲60
See what it’s like to program in a language without null.
2015 · books.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
2
Recursive!▲96
A puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming.
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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“Crafting Interpreters” chapter, control flow and Turing-completeness▲116
2017 · craftinginterpreters.com · its alternatives →
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Full Stack Python▲78
Explains programming language concepts in plain language.
2016 · fullstackpython.com · its alternatives →
5
Programming Pearls▲71
Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
6
Prototype of a pair programming tool without special editors▲5
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language▲60
Stephen Wolfram's new book on the Wolfram Language
2015 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →
8CP
CodeStruct – Python programming environment for novices after Scratch▲9
2022 · code-struct.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Coderive – Iterating through 1 Quintillion Inside a Loop in just 50ms▲8
Author: Danison Nuñez Project: Coderive Project Type: Programming Language Highlight: Formula-based Execution ## Coderive - Iterating Through 1 Quintillion in a Loop *Subtitle: How a phone interpreter achieves what supercomputers cannot* The Impossible Loop: ```java // In any other language, this would be computational suicide for i in [0 to 1Qi] { // 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 iterations arr[i] = i * i } ``` Traditional Reality: · Python: MemoryError at array creation · Java/C++: Theoretical 31 years (with 8 exabytes of RAM) · NumPy/TensorFlow: Immediate crash ·…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
10AS
A small symbolic math command line using algebrite and katex▲5
2018 · bwasti.com · its alternatives →
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Recursi – a recursive memory/logic puzzle▲5
2014 · lkozma.net · its alternatives →
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Recursive – A puzzle game about recursion, patterns, and programming▲10
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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ICortex: LLM Powered Python Interpreter▲8
A no-code development framework—Let AI do the coding for you 🦾 - textcortex/icortex
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Rosetta Stone of Coding▲7
2014 · dendory.net · its alternatives →
15
A REPL for practising bitwise operations, written in Rust▲5
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
16CL
Code4All – learn programming in non-English languages▲7
2018 · code4all.org · its alternatives →
17AA
Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8
2014 · skepsi.me · its alternatives →
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Haskell Programming▲3
Pure Functional Programming Without Fear or Frustration
2015 · haskellbook.com · its alternatives →
19AT
A tool that finds formulas from values without supervision▲6
2020 · turingbotsoftware.github.io · its alternatives →
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The Julia Language▲10
A high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language
2017 · julialang.org · its alternatives →
21JM
Jotdown – Markdown but parsed like a programming language▲6
2021 · jotdown.online · its alternatives →
22TA
Ten – A Tiny Scripting Language▲8
2019 · ten-lang.io · its alternatives →
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A Golang library to build Turing machine▲6
2019 · made2591.github.io · its alternatives →
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High-performance mathematical paradigms in Python▲7
Improve the execution speed of pythonic paradigms.
2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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