Show HN: Vu – a new programming language designed for AI. Rust speeds, Py syntax

Category: devtools

Tags: programming-language, compiler, systems-programming, memory-safety, ai-code-generation

Score: 7.8/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

Vu is a compiled systems language with Python-like syntax, ownership-based memory management without a GC, and a compiler that translates to C. It targets AI code generation with explicit capabilities, error-as-values, and built-in web/JSON/SQL support. The project is remarkably complete for an experiment: self-hosted compiler, LSP, package manager, and extensive stdlib, though it is at v0 and lacks ecosystem adoption.

Target audience: backend devs, systems programmers, language enthusiasts, AI-assisted developers

Repository: https://vulang.org/ · C · 1 stars

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