The h Programming Language

A simple, fast, open-source, complete and safe language for developing modern software for the web

Example Program

h

Outputs:

h

Fast Compilation

h probably compiles hundreds of characters of source per second. I didn't really test how fast it is, but when I was testing it the speed was fast enough that I didn't care to profile it.

Safety

h is completely memory safe with no garbage collector or heap allocations. It does not allow memory leaks to happen, nor do any programs in h have the possibility to allocate memory.

• No null
• Completely deterministic behavior
• No mutable state
• No persistence
• All functions are pure functions
• No sandboxing required

Zero* Dependencies

h generates WebAssembly, so every binary produced by the compiler is completely dependency free save a single system call: h.h. This allows for modern, future-proof code that will work on all platforms.

Simple

h has a simple grammar that gzips to 117 bytes. Creating a runtime environment for h is so trivial just about anyone can do it.

Platform Support

h supports the following platforms:

• Google Chrome
• Electron
• Chromium Embedded Framework
• Microsoft Edge
• Pa'i

International Out of the Box

h supports multiple written and spoken languages with true contextual awareness. It not only supports the Latin h as input, it also accepts the Lojbanic ' as well. This allows for full 100% internationalization into Lojban should your project needs require it.

Testimonials

Not convinced? Take the word of people we probably didn't pay for their opinion.

• I don't see the point of this.
• This solves all my problems. All of them. Just not in the way I expected it to.
• Yes.
• Perfect.
• h is the backbone of my startup.

Open-Source

The h compiler and default runtime are open-source free software sent out into the Public Domain. You can use h for any purpose at all with no limitations or restrictions.