# Carp programming language

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Carp programming language and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as an interesting, attractive statically typed Lisp, with claims of C-like performance and SDL game demos. No criticism was recorded.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting, appealing Lisp design (2 comments): "Another really interesting Lisp that I recently came across" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579824)) "I find ideas like Carp very attractive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49974325))

## 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, "Carp programming language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/carp/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).