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Lisp-family and functional languages, their concepts, implementations, and practice.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026674 stories
Learn Programming with OCaml↗ usr.lmf.cnrs.fr · HN · 139 comments · 318 points · Sep 05, 2026
Elixir v1.20: Now a gradually typed language↗ elixir-lang.org · HN · 411 comments · 992 points · Jun 03, 2026
My thoughts after using Clojure for about a month↗ acdw.net · HN · 192 comments · 319 points · Jun 02, 2026
A couple million lines of Haskell: Production engineering at Mercury↗ blog.haskell.org · HN · 233 comments · 435 points · May 03, 2026
Clojure: The Documentary, official trailer [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 93 comments · 324 points · Mar 26, 2026
2025869 stories
Why I love OCaml (2023)↗ mccd.space · HN · 296 comments · 391 points · Nov 07, 2025
How I fell in love with Erlang↗ boragonul.com · HN · 249 comments · 394 points · Nov 01, 2025
Programming with Less Than Nothing↗ joshmoody.org · HN · 153 comments · 468 points · Oct 23, 2025
Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp↗ lisp-journey.gitlab.io · HN · 435 comments · 663 points · May 26, 2025
Why F#?↗ batsov.com · HN · 413 comments · 447 points · Apr 01, 2025
2024906 stories
Porting SBCL to the Nintendo Switch↗ reader.tymoon.eu · HN · 81 comments · 415 points · Sep 13, 2024
Why Haskell?↗ gtf.io · HN · 591 comments · 433 points · Sep 12, 2024
Elixir 1.17 released: set-theoretic types in patterns, durations, OTP 27↗ elixir-lang.org · HN · 163 comments · 495 points · Jun 12, 2024
Try Clojure↗ tryclojure.org · HN · 382 comments · 552 points · May 22, 2024
Show HN: I've built a locally running Perplexity clone↗ github.com · HN · 133 comments · 669 points · Apr 03, 2024
2023994 stories
Cuis-Smalltalk↗ cuis.st · HN · 27 comments · 104 points · Dec 31, 2023
LuaX: A Lua Dialect with JSX↗ bvisness.me · HN · 83 comments · 190 points · Dec 30, 2023
Koka: Strongly typed functional-style language with effect types and handlers↗ koka-lang.github.io · HN · 92 comments · 219 points · Dec 29, 2023
Pluto, a Modern Lua Dialect↗ pluto-lang.org · HN · 71 comments · 127 points · Dec 27, 2023
Julia 1.10↗ docs.julialang.org · HN · 99 comments · 192 points · Dec 27, 2023
20221,179 stories
Technical overview of Kandria, a game and game engine developed in Common Lisp↗ reader.tymoon.eu · HN · 32 comments · 343 points · Jul 10, 2022
Functional programming jargon in plain English↗ github.com · HN · 184 comments · 557 points · Jul 01, 2022
OCaml Programming: Correct and Efficient and Beautiful↗ cs3110.github.io · HN · 239 comments · 347 points · Jun 23, 2022
Why We Use Julia, 10 Years Later↗ julialang.org · HN · 142 comments · 325 points · Feb 14, 2022
Writing a Game Boy Emulator in OCaml↗ linoscope.github.io · HN · 72 comments · 393 points · Jan 12, 2022
20211,262 stories
Reactive Clojure: A web language↗ hyperfiddle.notion.site · HN · 175 comments · 467 points · Sep 23, 2021
Why I no longer contribute to Racket↗ beautifulracket.com · HN · 227 comments · 441 points · Jun 16, 2021
Scala 3.0↗ github.com · HN · 281 comments · 690 points · May 14, 2021
Livebook: A collaborative and interactive code notebook for Elixir↗ dashbit.co · HN · 85 comments · 585 points · Apr 18, 2021
10 years-ish of Elixir↗ dashbit.co · HN · 120 comments · 422 points · Jan 14, 2021
20201,437 stories
The Haskell Elephant in the Room↗ stephendiehl.com · HN · 329 comments · 420 points · Jul 30, 2020
A History of Clojure [pdf]↗ clojure.org · HN · 374 comments · 627 points · Jun 04, 2020
Janet: a lightweight, expressive and modern Lisp↗ janet-lang.org · HN · 269 comments · 408 points · May 13, 2020
Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming (2018)↗ byorgey.wordpress.com · HN · 155 comments · 580 points · Apr 22, 2020
Clojure: A Lisp that wants to spread↗ simongray.github.io · HN · 291 comments · 386 points · Mar 01, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Parsing Expression Grammar vs. Regexes: Building Org Parser in Lisp, Export HTML↗ jointhefreeworld.org · HN · 20 comments · 126 points · Sep 24, 2026
Julia 1.13 highlights↗ julialang.org · HN · 48 comments · 271 points · Sep 10, 2026
Learn Programming with OCaml↗ usr.lmf.cnrs.fr · HN · 139 comments · 318 points · Sep 05, 2026
Writing Parquet files using Haskell↗ datahaskell.org · HN · 33 comments · 88 points · Sep 22, 2026
What makes Lisp difficult to read?↗ paultm.nl · HN · 49 comments · 35 points · Sep 28, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

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Highest rated · the last 30 days

Learn Programming with OCaml↗ usr.lmf.cnrs.fr · HN · 139 comments · 318 points · Sep 05, 2026
Julia 1.13 highlights↗ julialang.org · HN · 48 comments · 271 points · Sep 10, 2026
Parsing Expression Grammar vs. Regexes: Building Org Parser in Lisp, Export HTML↗ jointhefreeworld.org · HN · 20 comments · 126 points · Sep 24, 2026
Writing Parquet files using Haskell↗ datahaskell.org · HN · 33 comments · 88 points · Sep 22, 2026
Show HN: AttaLambda: a language where types and data are made of untyped lambdas↗ attalambda.com · HN · 7 comments · 49 points · Sep 14, 2026
What makes Lisp difficult to read?↗ paultm.nl · HN · 49 comments · 35 points · Sep 28, 2026
Maak.el: Lisp machine command runner in Emacs, infinitely extensible and Scheme↗ codeberg.org · HN · 4 comments · 34 points · Sep 08, 2026
Wrapping GTK4 in 800 lines of Clojure with Jolt↗ yogthos.net · HN · 0 comments · 34 points · Aug 29, 2026
Autolith: The Common Lisp agent that rewrites itself and rocks↗ autolith.rocks · HN · 1 comments · 33 points · Sep 20, 2026
Show HN: Biff 2.0 (Clojure web framework)↗ biffweb.com · HN · 0 comments · 29 points · Sep 10, 2026

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