Brunost
Shares rank 94 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Norwegian-keyword programming language that people find interesting and readable; critics note its design is ad hoc and a few keyword choices are odd.
Norwegian-keyword programming language that people find interesting and readable; critics note its design is ad hoc and a few keyword choices are odd.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not 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
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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 concept worth trying
“That is kinda interesting as a concept tbh.”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language” “I was somewhat skeptical, but this got me”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language” “you should definitely try it”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language” Nynorsk keywords read comfortably
“how comfortably it reads to me”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language” “Nynorsk is fairly readable.”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Ad hoc, get-it-working design
“The design so far is very much "What I felt was okay that day"”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language” “Less about careful design and more about getting something to work.”
Comment from 18 Apr 2026 in “Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That is kinda interesting as a concept tbh.”
“much shorter and also the two keywords are the same length, which is always nice when you're making a list”
“I have to switch between layouts every other character.”
“I have tasted it, once. Downvoted.”
“The design so far is very much "What I felt was okay that day"”
“present tense "er" for mutable variables is super weird”
“Less about careful design and more about getting something to work.”
“how comfortably it reads to me”
“Yep, I just had a slice of bread with strawberry jam and brunost on top”
“I was somewhat skeptical, but this got me”
“you should definitely try it”
“Spenstig!! Mangler bare "endeleg" i Exception handling”
“could be very useful for norwegian government agencies”
“Nynorsk is fairly readable.”
“What the devil kind of Nynorsk allows kalkuler in place of beregn?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.