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Odin Programming Language

32 mentions on Hacker News by 24 people: 7 stories, 25 comments · first 2019-02-22 · latest 2026-08-22

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  1. …definition in the checker library seems to understand that there could be two possible inputs: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/4247507dd5e31c9fd8716... But I'm also not entirely sure why the example should not have compiled. It…
  2. …See [1] where Bill discusses the influences and where they've diverged longer-form. [1]: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/wiki/Odin-vs-Jai
    comment by devalexwells · 2026-07-07 · in Odin 1.0 Announcement
  3. …which is not open-source. Odin, however, is an open-source language with an open-source license: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/LICENSE
    comment by strenholme · 2026-07-04 · in Odin, Wikipedia and engagement farming
  4. …about other young or newer languages in the category. [1]: https://github.com/c3lang/c3c [2]: https://github.com/odin-lang/odin [3]: https://freedium-mirror.cfd/https://levelup.gitconnected.com... (The V Language: The Best Parts of Go,…
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    Odin 2026-06 Released
    story by lerno · 2026-06-11 · 0 comments
  6. …a lot of competition (from most to least GitHub stars): 1) https://github.com/vlang/v (Vlang) 2) https://github.com/odin-lang/odin (Odin) 3) https://github.com/goplus/xgo (Xgo, formerly Goplus) 4) https://github.com/borgo-lang/borgo…
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    Change Odin's LICENSE to zlib from BSD 3-clause
    story by DASD · 2025-11-05 · 0 comments
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    Odin: General-purpose language with built-in data-oriented data types
    story by klaussilveira · 2025-05-06 · 0 comments
  9. …--- I checked base32.c3. I am comparing it to Odin's, which can be found at https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/core/encoding/... . Apparently they added a way to gracefully handle error cases. Is it possible to do so with t
  10. …and not planned in the future. [1] https://www.1a-insec.net/blog/25-zig-reference-semantics/ [2] https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/issues/2971
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    Odin programming language now supports NetBSD
    story by jaypatelani · 2024-05-16 · 0 comments
  12. …recommend looking at: * The Overview: < https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/ > * examples/demo: < https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/examples/demo/... > As for the first example: a basic lexing example is probably boring, but it…
    comment by gingerBill · 2024-01-02 · in Odin Programming Language
  13. …ooh/sokol-odin/blob/main/sokol/gfx/gfx... (and the rest) * https://pkg.odin-lang.org/vendor/sdl2/ and https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/vendor/sdl2 > Better tooling and standard library improvements. Any concrete examples/ideas…
    comment by gingerBill · 2024-01-02 · in Odin Programming Language
  14. https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/wiki/Odin-vs-Jai
    comment by gingerBill · 2023-07-21 · in Small joys of programming in Odin
  15. …to a ticket asking Odin to shed it's dependency on msvc. It's clearly titled "move away from msvc". https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/discussions/2047 I believe you owe OP an apology.
    comment by simplotek · 2022-11-13 · in Ask HN: Programming without a build system?
  16. Odin has poor support for Windows: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/discussions/2047
  17. …https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/#foreign-system [2] https://odin-lang.org/news/binding-to-c/ [3] https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/vendor [4] https://odin-lang.org/docs/faq/#what-have-been-the-major-inf...
    comment by gingerBill · 2022-11-12 · in Ask HN: Programming without a build system?
  18. …to the Odin core library to provide better debugging tools! Along with many other debugging tools. https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/core/sys/valgr...
    comment by gingerBill · 2022-09-11 · in A Review of the Odin Programming Language
  19. …core library. And the synchronization primitives are based on a the modern construct of a `Futex`: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/core/sync https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/core/thread We are planning on adding…
    comment by gingerBill · 2022-08-28 · in I like Odin
  20. …Sadly, Odin doesn't seem to pass the test. It's full of commits labeled with just "fix <thing>": https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/commits/master A few examples of projects with better commit messages: Linux kernel:…
    comment by greaterthan3 · 2022-08-28 · in I like Odin
  21. …Odin: Looks like it's a dead language, but it was on the docket. https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/misc/roadmap.m... Jai: https://github.com/Jai-Community/Jai-Community-Library/wiki/... eC: No clue. Not a great
    comment by cogman10 · 2022-08-09 · in The case against a C alternative
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    The Odin Programming Language
    story by 2pEXgD0fZ5cF · 2022-06-02 · 0 comments
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    Generic SIMD type and intrinsics merged in Odin
    story by bwidlar · 2022-05-31 · 0 comments
  24. …built using it. Performance wise it is at the very top with other low level languages. [0]: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin
    comment by Royi · 2022-05-01 · in Ask HN: Modern Alternatives to C
  25. …takes so much time to really grok a new language and then the next new shiny thing comes out... [1] https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/vendor [2] https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/
    comment by zubspace · 2022-02-19 · in The Odin Programming Language
  26. …3. Scopes - https://sr.ht/~duangle/scopes/ 4. Gleam - https://gleam.run/ 5. Odin - https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin 6. Koka - https://github.com/koka-lang/koka 7. Unison - https://github.com/unisonweb/unison
  27. …return values AND does not rely on having a concept of an "error value type". Demo of `or_return` < https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/fd256002b3190076bb91e... > And check out Odin's [`core:math/big`](…
    comment by gingerBill · 2021-09-07 · in Looking into Odin and Zig
  28. Thought this was related to Odin the programming language. https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin
  29. …and more. I recommend reading the Overview ( https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/ ) and the Demo ( https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/examples/demo/... ) P.S. Odin is now fully recognized by GitHub and supports syntax…
    comment by gingerBill · 2020-01-31 · in The Odin Programming Language
  30. There is also: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin and https://www.kitlang.org/ That are trying to get into the C replacement business.
  31. …is very new and has a pretty small community, but it's promising and very well thought-out. [0]: https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin
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    Odin Language
    story by caspervonb · 2019-02-22 · 0 comments