Programming language · 1992

Alef

Discontinued concurrent programming language, designed as part of the Plan 9 operating system.

CWritten in

1992First released

staticTyping

CompilerInfluence

What is Alef written in?

The Alef compiler is written in C (documented).

Quick Facts

First released: 1992
Typing: static

About Alef

Alef is a discontinued concurrent programming language, designed as part of the Plan 9 operating system. It is a statically typed language. It supports concurrent and imperative programming.

Alef first appeared in 1992.

How Alef is implemented

In the Language Lineage dataset, its compiler is written in C.

Alef in the language family tree

Alef drew on ideas from C and Newsqueak and went on to influence Go and Rust.

Sources: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Frequently Asked Questions

What language is Alef written in?

Alef is primarily implemented in C.

Which languages did Alef influence?

Alef influenced Go, Rust among others.

When was Alef first released?

Alef was first released in 1992.

Evidence Sources

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What is Alef written in? What are programming languages written in? Alef in the language family tree Interactive programming language graph Languages Alef influenced: Go Languages Alef influenced: Rust

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