# Verse programming language

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Verse programming language and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Epic Games' programming language, recommended for its async concurrency model and sleek design, though critics call it far from production with messy syntax.

## Why people recommend it

- Sleek and works well (2 comments): "TIL about Verse looks cool I'll have to check it out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47124208)) "It's quite sleek and it works." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49624609))
- Sensible design and concurrency model (2 comments): "it is worth looking at the doc to see why and how it makes a lot of sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842250)) "the best async/concurrency model i know is verse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48132933))

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