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software development tool which flags suspicious and non-portable constructs in source code
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lint

Summary

lint is a software category[1]. lint draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #40 of 263).[2]

Key Facts

  • lint's instance of is recorded as software category[3].
  • lint remover is named after lint[4].
  • lint's subclass of is recorded as programming tool[5].
  • lint's subclass of is recorded as static program analysis tool[6].
  • lint's has use is recorded as static program analysis[7].
  • lint's Commons category is recorded as Linter (software)[8].
  • +1978-07-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of lint[9].
  • lint's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04qyk[10].
  • lint's different from is recorded as Lint[11].
  • lint's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778145279[12].
  • lint's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2778145279[13].
  • lint's ArchWiki article is recorded as Lint[14].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for lint include Proselint[15], a Python package[16] and Wikipedia:Linter[17], a Wikimedia project page[18].

Why It Matters

lint draws 458 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #40 of 263).[2] lint has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] lint is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for lint include Proselint[15], a Python package[16] and Wikipedia:Linter[17], a Wikimedia project page[18].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . sourcelevel.io. Retrieved . sourcelevel.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). lint. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lint
MLA “lint.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/lint.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lint_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{lint}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lint}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): lint — https://4ort.xyz/entity/lint (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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