Phel
Shares rank 149 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
A Lisp dialect for PHP developers, recommended for its Clojure-inspired design and recent releases. No criticism was raised in the quotes.
A Lisp dialect for PHP developers, recommended for its Clojure-inspired design and recent releases. No criticism was raised in the quotes.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 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
Clojure-inspired design signals good quality
“"inspired by clojure" - is there a better signal for good taste and quality?”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Phel v0.36.0 – Lisp on PHP, now with numeric tower and first-class Vars” Namespace syntax standardized in core
“Glad to see the dot-separated namespace syntax being standardized in the core.”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Phel v0.36.0 – Lisp on PHP, now with numeric tower and first-class Vars” Followed long-term, praised new release
“I've been following this project for a while, congratulations on the release!”
Comment from 11 May 2026 in “Phel v0.36.0 – Lisp on PHP, now with numeric tower and first-class Vars” Impressed readers, glad not to miss it
“I was impressed and pleased to see that I hadn't missed the boat on this”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Phel: A Functional Lisp Dialect for PHP Developers”
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4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've been following this project for a while, congratulations on the release!”
“Glad to see the dot-separated namespace syntax being standardized in the core.”
“"inspired by clojure" - is there a better signal for good taste and quality?”
“I was impressed and pleased to see that I hadn't missed the boat on this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.