# Ü Programming Language

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Ü Programming Language and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People like its memory safety without Rust's complexity and its clean grammar. Critics mostly object to the name and Fraktur logo.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting, appealing language ideas (5 comments): "The language itself seems quite nice though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48394017)) "It has plenty of interesting ideas" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228490)) "Brilliant! Loving it as an idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973858))
- Memory safety without Rust's complexity (2 comments): "It's memory safe (as Rust), but is way simpler (no explicit borrowing and traits hell)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051844)) "It offers speed and safety without introducing too much friction." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48366656))

## What people warn about

- Logo and name evoke 1930s Germany (2 comments): "Are you aware that the flavouring you've chosen for your user account, the product name, and its logotype are referencing 1930s Germany?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48401246)) "Why the nazi-esque "Frakturschrift" Logo?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48409814))
- Lacks examples, comparisons and docs (3 comments): "you need better comparisons and better wording and docs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400450)) "Bold claims with no examples. Anyone can make a markdown chart with some pros and cons." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392250)) "But you start with an info dump, no examples, and then a table of features" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391996))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ü Programming Language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/programming-language/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).