Austral programming language
Shares rank 133 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Recommended for its safety ideas, such as limiting what small functions can access; people call it interesting but immature, and one says it seems dead.
Recommended for its safety ideas, such as limiting what small functions can access; people call it interesting but immature, and one says it seems dead.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not 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
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 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
Good ideas worth borrowing
“In Austral (or any language using these good ideas) a small poorly vetted function like appendSmileEmoji wouldn't be called with access to the filesystem or network.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “We should all be using dependency cooldowns” “I'd suggest they all have useful components to steal from”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Radiant Computer” Seen as an interesting option
“I'll suggest Austral as looking fairly interesting, although it's still far from high-level”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Rust Memory Management: Ownership vs. Reference Counting” “Austral looks like a good option to me, but it's not mature enough yet”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Rust–: Rust without the borrow checker” Gets safety design right
“In Austral (or any language using these good ideas) a small poorly vetted function like appendSmileEmoji wouldn't be called with access to the filesystem or network.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “We should all be using dependency cooldowns” “Austral[0] gets this right.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “We should all be using dependency cooldowns”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Not mature enough yet
“Austral looks like a good option to me, but it's not mature enough yet”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Rust–: Rust without the borrow checker” Few examples in the list
“the list of examples has... basically nothing”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Austral”
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All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the list of examples has... basically nothing”
“Austral had a good answer for it, but seems to be dead.”
“I'll suggest Austral as looking fairly interesting, although it's still far from high-level”
“Austral looks like a good option to me, but it's not mature enough yet”
“In Austral (or any language using these good ideas) a small poorly vetted function like appendSmileEmoji wouldn't be called with access to the filesystem or network.”
“Austral[0] gets this right.”
“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.