https://github.com/inko-lang/inko

A language for building concurrent software with confidence
https://github.com/inko-lang/inko

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A language for building concurrent software with confidence

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/inko-lang/inko
• Owner: inko-lang
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2015-04-07T11:47:03.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-01T14:34:34.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-02T01:14:49.903Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: compiler, inko, llvm, programming-language, rust
• Language: Rust
• Homepage: http://inko-lang.org/
• Size: 9.74 MB
• Stars: 746
• Watchers: 12
• Forks: 35
• Open Issues: 54
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
#  Inko

Inko is a language for building concurrent software with confidence. Inko makes

it easy to build concurrent software, without having to worry about

unpredictable performance, unexpected runtime errors, or race conditions.

Inko features deterministic automatic memory management, move semantics, static

typing, type-safe concurrency, efficient error handling, and more. Inko source

code is compiled to machine code using [LLVM](https://llvm.org/).

For more information, refer to the [Inko website][website] or [the

documentation](https://docs.inko-lang.org). If you'd like to follow the

development of Inko, consider joining [our Discord

server](https://discord.gg/seeURxHxCb).

## Examples

Hello world:

```inko

import std.stdio (Stdout)

class async Main {

  fn async main {

    Stdout.new.print('Hello, world!')

  }

}

```

A simple concurrent program:

```inko

import std.sync (Future, Promise)

class async Calculator {

  fn async fact(size: Int, output: uni Promise[Int]) {

    let result = 1.to(size).iter.reduce(1, fn (product, val) { product * val })

    output.set(result)

  }

}

class async Main {

  fn async main {

    let calc = Calculator()

    match Future.new {

      case (future, promise) -> {

        # This calculates the factorial of 15 in the background, then we wait

        # for the result to be sent back to us.

        calc.fact(15, promise)

        future.get # => 1307674368000

      }

    }

  }

}

```

For more examples, refer to the [website][website].

## Installation

Details about how to install Inko and its requirements can be found in the

["Installing

Inko"](https://docs.inko-lang.org/manual/main/setup/installation/) guide in the

Inko manual.

## License

All source code in this repository is licensed under the Mozilla Public License

version 2.0, unless stated otherwise. A copy of this license can be found in the

file "LICENSE".

[website]: https://inko-lang.org/