Copper programming language
Shares rank 99 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
A small, readable language built by one person, praised for its clean Ruby-like syntax and simplicity. The most common caveat is that the documentation leaves open several questions.
A small, readable language built by one person, praised for its clean Ruby-like syntax and simplicity. The most common caveat is that the documentation leaves open several questions.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 77%
Recommended in 2 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: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 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
Clean, simple Ruby-like syntax
“really nice syntax. The documentation leaves open several questions”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics” “Ruby like syntax definitely doesn't hurt language.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics” “The simplicity is appreciated.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics” Impressive solo language project
“I found this to be really interesting as a language created by one person for their own use.”
Comment from 30 Oct 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics” “Creating a language is a big undertaking, and it's super cool that they did it”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Documentation missing important details
“This seems to have a lot of potential, but there are important details missing.”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics” “really nice syntax. The documentation leaves open several questions”
Comment from 1 Nov 2026 in “Copper – A minimal low-level programming language with OOP and generics”
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10 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I find everything so inconsistent and alien to me”
“the most irritating nitpick for me is the choice of the file extension”
“The example definitely shines. Doing something barely non-trivial is great since it gives a feeling for the language.”
“Ruby like syntax definitely doesn't hurt language.”
“This seems to have a lot of potential, but there are important details missing.”
“really nice syntax. The documentation leaves open several questions”
“doesn't quite actually build (on Linux)”
“Creating a language is a big undertaking, and it's super cool that they did it”
“The simplicity is appreciated.”
“I found this to be really interesting as a language created by one person for their own use.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.