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Joy

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Joy is a software application designed as a purely functional programming language. It draws significant influence from the Forth programming language. Additionally, Joy incorporates principles from the broader field of functional programming (FP).

The language emphasizes a stack-based execution model, reflecting its Forth-inspired roots. Its design prioritizes compositionality and the use of combinators, aligning with functional programming paradigms.

Joy

Summary

Joy is a programming language[1]. Joy draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #93 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Joy was influenced by Forth[3].
  • Joy was influenced by Q187560[4].
  • Joy was influenced by FP[5].
  • Joy's instance of is recorded as programming language[6].
  • Joy's instance of is recorded as purely functional programming language[7].
  • +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Joy[8].
  • Joy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/033jmv[9].
  • Joy's programming paradigm is recorded as purely functional programming[10].
  • Joy's programming paradigm is recorded as concatenative programming[11].
  • Joy's programming paradigm is recorded as stack-oriented programming[12].
  • Joy's typing discipline is recorded as strong typing[13].
  • Joy's typing discipline is recorded as dynamic typing[14].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[6] and purely functional programming language[7].

History and Context

+2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Joy[8].

Why It Matters

Joy draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #93 of 742).[2] Joy has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Joy has been cited as an influence by Factor[16], a programming language[17], founded in 2003[18] and Cat[19], a programming language[20], founded in 2006[21].

FAQs

Who did Joy influence?

Joy has been cited as an influence by Factor[16] and Cat[19].

Related Entities

Cat Factor Forth FP programming language purely functional programming language

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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