Gleam

functional, concurrent programming language
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Gleam was influenced by several programming languages, including Elm, OCaml, Rust, Alpaca, Elixir, Go, and one more[1]. This list of influences gives an idea of the breadth of languages that have shaped Gleam. The inclusion of languages like Rust and Go suggests that performance and concurrency may be important considerations for Gleam[1]. With a diverse set of influences like Elm, OCaml, and Elixir, Gleam's design likely reflects a blend of functional and modern programming concepts[1].

Gleam

Summary

Gleam is a functional programming language[1]. Gleam draws 795 Wikipedia views per month (functional_programming_language category, ranking #6 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gleam is credited with the discovery of Louis Pilfold[3].
  • Gleam's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[4].
  • Gleam's instance of is recorded as concurrent programming language[5].
  • Gleam's based on is recorded as BEAM[6].
  • Gleam's copyright license is recorded as Apache Software License 2.0[7].
  • Gleam's programmed in is recorded as Q575650[8].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.2.0[9].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.3.0[10].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.0[11].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.1[12].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.4.2[13].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.0[14].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.5.1[15].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.6.0[16].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.0[17].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.7.1[18].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.0[19].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.8.1[20].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.0[21].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.9.1[22].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.10.0[23].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.10.1[24].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.11.0[25].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.11.1[26].
  • Gleam's software version identifier is recorded as 0.11.2[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include functional programming language[4] and concurrent programming language[5].

Why It Matters

Gleam draws 795 Wikipedia views per month (functional_programming_language category, ranking #6 of 14).[2] Gleam is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q364. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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