# Tomo programming language

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Tomo programming language and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Tomo for its goals and its neat, well-thought, small design. Critics point to the lack of polymorphism or generics.

## Why people recommend it

- Goals people wish already existed (2 comments): "I like the goals of this language a lot and I've wished something with these goals already existed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861492)) "Well thought language, I like the concepts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835739))
- Neat, well-thought, small language (2 comments): "Looks like a neat little language. I didn't see anything especially novel that other languages would want to steal though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860412)) "Well thought language, I like the concepts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835739))

## 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, "Tomo programming language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tomo-programming-language/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).