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People like its memory safety without Rust's complexity and its clean grammar. Critics mostly object to the name and Fraktur logo.
People like its memory safety without Rust's complexity and its clean grammar. Critics mostly object to the name and Fraktur logo.
21 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 52%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: 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
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.1 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Interesting, appealing language ideas
“The language itself seems quite nice though.”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language” “It has plenty of interesting ideas”
Comment from 25 Oct 2026 in “The Goose Programming Language” “Brilliant! Loving it as an idea.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Εἶδος – A non-Turing-complete language built on Plato's Theory of Forms” - Comment from 18 Jan 2026 in “A programming language based on grammatical cases of Turkish”
- Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Εἶδος – A non-Turing-complete language built on Plato's Theory of Forms”
Memory safety without Rust's complexity
“It's memory safe (as Rust), but is way simpler (no explicit borrowing and traits hell)”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Valen's Memory Safety: A New Kind of Borrow Checking” “It offers speed and safety without introducing too much friction.”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “Blorp Language”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Logo and name evoke 1930s Germany
“Are you aware that the flavouring you've chosen for your user account, the product name, and its logotype are referencing 1930s Germany?”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language” “Why the nazi-esque "Frakturschrift" Logo?”
Comment from 5 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language” Lacks examples, comparisons and docs
“you need better comparisons and better wording and docs”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language” “Bold claims with no examples. Anyone can make a markdown chart with some pros and cons.”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language” “But you start with an info dump, no examples, and then a table of features”
Comment from 4 Jun 2026 in “The Ü Programming Language”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
26 of the 27 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Mandatory initialization, strong typing, context free grammar, lots of good basics.”
“It has plenty of interesting ideas”
“It's memory safe (as Rust), but is way simpler (no explicit borrowing and traits hell)”
“My language Ü proved this to be true too.”
“That's impressive dedication.”
“the name is a discoverability issue for non-german people”
“Why the nazi-esque "Frakturschrift" Logo?”
“Do we really need this? I'd rather improve the type checker of some heavily used existing language”
“Are you aware that the flavouring you've chosen for your user account, the product name, and its logotype are referencing 1930s Germany?”
“you need better comparisons and better wording and docs”
“as an ü person i endorse it”
“Writing Ü is nice, and code mostly works if it compiles.”
“since they are so important for me, I bothered designing/implementing them in the language in a right way”
“It's already solved and not planned to be solved.”
“The language itself seems quite nice though.”
“Just cherry-picked language features where Ü happens to achieve all of them!”
“I really like what I’m seeing here apart from the lack of that.”
“The README makes me never want to use this.”
“11775 commits in about a year is... concerning.”
“Bold claims with no examples. Anyone can make a markdown chart with some pros and cons.”
“Blessed are the humble, for they shall be humbled.”
“But you start with an info dump, no examples, and then a table of features”
“It offers speed and safety without introducing too much friction.”
“This is a really cool idea!”
“Brilliant! Loving it as an idea.”
“this is actually really nice”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.