Ante programming language
Shares rank 121 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Liked as an interesting experiment in memory safety and clear effects handling; critics doubt its practical usefulness.
Liked as an interesting experiment in memory safety and clear effects handling; critics doubt its practical usefulness.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Interesting, intriguing design ideas
“Highly interesting. I hope this language reaches a production release some time.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Ante: A New Way to Blend Borrow Checking and Reference Counting” “Ante is making some very intriguing steps forward in memory safety design”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Ante: A New Way to Blend Borrow Checking and Reference Counting” Useful ideas to borrow
“Spinoffs like V, Ante, and others are perfect testing grounds.”
Comment from 30 Jun 2026 in “Ante: A New Way to Blend Borrow Checking and Reference Counting” “I'd suggest they all have useful components to steal from”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Radiant Computer”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Unclear practical usefulness
“Interesting but I wonder how useful this is in practice.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Ante: A New Way to Blend Borrow Checking and Reference Counting”
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All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Interesting but I wonder how useful this is in practice.”
“Highly interesting. I hope this language reaches a production release some time.”
“BTW I appreciate the clear effects handling in Ante, very nice!”
“I doubt it can work in multithreaded code.”
“I like the example because it is copied 1:1 with example code from a textbook”
“Ante is making some very intriguing steps forward in memory safety design”
“Terse it is, beautiful it is not”
“Spinoffs like V, Ante, and others are perfect testing grounds.”
“the abstraction provided seems to be neater”
“I'd suggest they all have useful components to steal from”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.