Gleam

Summary

A statically typed functional programming language for building type-safe, scalable systems that targets the Erlang Virtual Machine (BEAM) and JavaScript runtimes.

Paradigms

functional, concurrent, structured

Domains

server-side applications, web development, distributed system

Key Features

algebraic data types, pattern matching, type inference, traits/interfaces, async/await, modules

Typing

static system, non-structural typing, strong typing, full inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, optional type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

Elm, OCaml, Rust, Erlang, Elixir

Ratings

File extensions

gleam

External Links

• Gleam official site
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• r/gleamlang subreddit
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