Life & fun · December 27, 2015
Runiq, a little Lisp-inspired language that runs on JavaScript
:aquarius: A Lisp-esque, JS-interpreted scripting language - tsortwehttam/runiq
Runiq, a little Lisp-inspired language that runs on JavaScript launched on December 27, 2015 with 24 votes, #1,756 of 3,505 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Runiq is a Lisp-inspired scripting language that executes on JavaScript. It provides developers and hobbyists interested in functional programming with a lightweight alternative to JavaScript's standard syntax. The language draws from Lisp conventions while leveraging JavaScript's runtime environment, making it suitable for those exploring language design or seeking a different approach to scripting within web and Node.js environments.
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