Impossible Machines
Shares rank 133 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
People recommend it as a clean, interesting way to declare behavior for the physical world, and say it is fun to experiment with.
People recommend it as a clean, interesting way to declare behavior for the physical world, and say it is fun to experiment with.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
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: 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: 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 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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 idea for programming physical world
“This is cool! I think it would be interesting to expand the language of the world.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Impossible Machines: declaratively program the physical world” “This is actually very interesting idea you had.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Impossible Machines: declaratively program the physical world”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is great. Had fun playing around with it.”
“This is a clean take on Go.”
“This is actually very interesting idea you had.”
“Neat that they simulated air pressure too.”
“This is cool! I think it would be interesting to expand the language of the world.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.