# ABC programming language

6 Hacker News commenters recommended ABC programming language and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a pleasant, usable language with a good introduction in its repo; one critic found its PUT/INSERT syntax clunky.

## Why people recommend it

- Pleasant and surprisingly usable (2 comments): "I tried to do some larger things with ABC back in the day. It was nice." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46090054)) "It actually looks surprisingly usable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085020))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ABC programming language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/abc-programming-language/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).