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Life & fun · October 20, 2013

YinYang, a usable live programming language

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YinYang, a usable live programming language launched on October 20, 2013 with 134 votes, #13 of 565 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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YinYang is a live programming language developed by Microsoft Research. It enables programmers to explore and modify code while it runs, supporting interactive development and experimentation. The language is part of Microsoft's broader research platform, which showcases fundamental science and technology breakthroughs, publications, and innovations across computing and artificial intelligence. YinYang serves researchers and developers interested in exploring novel approaches to live coding and programming language design.

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Microsoft Research conducts fundamental science and technology research across a spectrum of research areas. With labs around the globe we pursue breakthroughs across the computing and AI stack to accelerate discovery across sciences and advance the frontiers of computing and AI to create new foundations for others to build upon. For nearly 35 years, Microsoft Research has shaped the technology people use every day. We have accomplished this through a commitment to hiring the world’s top minds and giving them the autonomy, resources, and support to conduct research in the areas they believe are most important to society and the planet. We work collectively to make Microsoft Research a…from research.microsoft.com

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