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Hy

dialect of the Lisp programming language designed to interact with Python
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Hy

Summary

Hy is a programming language[1]. Hy draws 185 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #80 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hy was influenced by Python[3].
  • Hy was influenced by Lisp[4].
  • Hy's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].
  • Hy's copyright license is recorded as MIT License[6].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.14.0[7].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.13.1[8].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.13.0[9].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.12.0[10].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.15.0[11].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.16.0[12].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.17.0[13].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.18.0[14].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.19.0[15].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.20.0[16].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.24.0[17].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.25.0[18].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.26.0[19].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.27.0[20].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.28.0[21].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 0.29.0[22].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.0[23].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.0[24].
  • Hy's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.0[25].
  • Hy's Commons category is recorded as Hy (programming language)[26].
  • 2013 marks the founding of Hy[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Hy's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].

History and Context

2013 marks the founding of Hy[27].

Why It Matters

Hy draws 185 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #80 of 742).[2] Hy has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

Lisp procedural programming programming language Python

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 10d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Macports port → py-hy
    Programming paradigm → —
    Writable file format → Hy source code file
    Programming paradigm → imperative programming, procedural programming, object-oriented programming +2
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P348]], Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/deda0de0200e|details]])"
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