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### 🌱 q
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A programming language that is best described as a modern `C` with a focus on simplicity.
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The compiler is:
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- 16x faster than gcc/clang
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- 14x faster than Go
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- 100x smaller in code size
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The executables are tiny, requiring just 106 bytes for a `Hello` program on top of headers.
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The execution speed is currently equivalent to unoptimized machine code but there is work being done in this area to get closer to C/Go/Rust/Zig.
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2025-02-20 18:12:46 +01:00
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Cross-compilation for Linux, MacOS and Windows works out of the box.
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2025-02-23 23:05:50 +01:00
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[git](https://git.urbach.dev/cli/q) | [donate](https://en.liberapay.com/akyoto)
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