Show HN: X – A programming language with switchable memory modes

Category: other

Tags: programming-language, compiler, rust

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 3)

X is a new programming language implemented in Rust that features switchable memory modes (@high, @secure, @low) allowing developers to blend high-level readability with low-level system access. It also includes a custom VM (XVM) with native AOT compilation, unique 'formula numeric spaces', and a built-in entropy engine (XEE) for random generation. The project is interesting for its ambition to unify safe high-level constructs with direct memory, syscall, and FFI control without runtime overhead.

Target audience: language designers, systems programmers, backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/xdotxxx/x · Rust · 0BSD

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