Jaithon 3
Shares rank 133 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
People recommend it for claimed speed and syntax that keeps Python's best parts. Critics note most of the implementation was AI-written and functions do not declare exceptions.
People recommend it for claimed speed and syntax that keeps Python's best parts. Critics note most of the implementation was AI-written and functions do not declare exceptions.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
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: 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.
- 2 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
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Why people recommend it
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Claimed faster than C++ with JIT
“Jaithon 3.1 is a huge step forward, it intros a JIT compiler which makes Jaithon as-fast or faster than c++”
Comment from 14 Aug 2026 in “Programing language faster than Python for ML (Jaithon 3.1)” “not only fast, but it has the optimal syntax & features out of every programming language.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax” Syntax praised as optimal and Python-like
“not only fast, but it has the optimal syntax & features out of every programming language.”
Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax” “This language keeps the best parts of Python while discarding the bad.”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Jaithon 3, a fast programming language with the perfect syntax”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the product of Jaithon is not terrible”
“The syntax is just a combination of my personal preferences”
“It isn't really a "collaboration" if the vast majority of the implementation was carried out by one (non-human) party.”
“am slightly dismayed that new langs are copying the f-string”
“No way to know if function throws exceptions, no way to know what kind of exceptions.”
“I love that you detailed AI usage in the readme”
“I’m impressed that you got GitHub to accept the language/syntax!”
“This language keeps the best parts of Python while discarding the bad.”
“Jaithon 3.1 is a huge step forward, it intros a JIT compiler which makes Jaithon as-fast or faster than c++”
“Nice! This is what I keep telling everyone”
“not only fast, but it has the optimal syntax & features out of every programming language.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.