# ROX programming language

6 Hacker News commenters recommended ROX programming language and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, minimal programming language with explicit errors and no hidden magic, praised for its tidy design. Critics find it an early start and question its duplicate num and num32 types.

## What people warn about

- Duplicate num and num32 types (1 comments): "I think having num and num32 is a mistake (IMHO)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47022431))
- No user-defined types, not on GitHub (1 comments): "Looks like a decent start. No UDTs? Not on GitHub? AI generated?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011693))

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## Cite as

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