jank programming language
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Native LLVM-based Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop, appealing for low-level work. Main caveat: it lacks protocols, so many existing Clojure libraries don't work on it.
Native LLVM-based Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop, appealing for low-level work. Main caveat: it lacks protocols, so many existing Clojure libraries don't work on it.
19 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 18
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 95%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 18 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 18 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Seamless direct C++ library interop
“great progress was made on Jank, the native LLVM-based implementation with seamless low-level C++ interop”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)” “It's full Clojure, immutable and stuff, with full C++ interop and native compilation.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop” “jank can seamlessly interop with any C++ by just including the headers”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop” - Comment from 11 Aug 2026 in “Jolt: Clojure compiler implemented with Chez Scheme”
- Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop”
- Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp”
- Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Swift 6.3 Released”
- Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links”
Promising and exciting project
“I prefer https://jank-lang.org/ new re-design, and the approach of a more step-wise refinement.”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Elixir-lang.org has a new design” “I haven't been this excited about the Clojure ecosystem since Jank got announce”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “ClojureScript Gets Async/Await” “Jank in particular will probably be a good contender for a LispTorch.”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)” - Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “A Perfectable Programming Language”
- Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)”
- Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Jank Lang Hit Alpha”
- Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Jank Lang Hit Alpha”
Native LLVM-based compilation
“great progress was made on Jank, the native LLVM-based implementation with seamless low-level C++ interop”
Comment from 2 Nov 2025 in “Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)” “It's full Clojure, immutable and stuff, with full C++ interop and native compilation.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop” “The way it interops Clojure with the LLVM is unprecedented.”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp” - Comment from 26 Mar 2026 in “Swift 6.3 Released”
Clojure dialect for low-level work
“repl driven development with access to native code could be a magic formula for agent engineering”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop” “It's full Clojure, immutable and stuff, with full C++ interop and native compilation.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop” “I haven't been this excited about the Clojure ecosystem since Jank got announce”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “ClojureScript Gets Async/Await” - Comment from 17 Apr 2026 in “Official Clojure Documentary page with Video, Shownotes, and Links”
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21 of the 29 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“jank can seamlessly interop with any C++ by just including the headers”
“In jank, you just require the C++ headers, like you would in C++”
“It's full Clojure, immutable and stuff, with full C++ interop and native compilation.”
“repl driven development with access to native code could be a magic formula for agent engineering”
“lack of protocols, which preclude many existing Clojure libraries from working on it”
“providing incredible JIT and AOT support of arbitrary C++ libraries”
“I prefer https://jank-lang.org/ new re-design, and the approach of a more step-wise refinement.”
“The way it interops Clojure with the LLVM is unprecedented.”
“for Jank to export the .cpp to other platforms”
“I haven't been this excited about the Clojure ecosystem since Jank got announce”
“full C/C++ interop is the plan”
“building a Clojure Dialect for low level work an incredible amount of work”
“there's Jank that is about to break loose”
“Jank targets LLVM and has C++ interop.”
“then abandoned that to start a programming language (Jank or something)”
“It's still a fun language to play with”
“this would be the dream for me”
“And soon a clojure optimized for integration with C++ (Jank).”
“Jank in particular will probably be a good contender for a LispTorch.”
“Jank is shaping up to be real nice too.”
“great progress was made on Jank, the native LLVM-based implementation with seamless low-level C++ interop”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.