Python Alternatives

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  1. IronPython icon
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    IronPython is an implementation of the Python programming language running under .NET and Silverlight. It supports an interactive console with fully dynamic compilation. It's well integrated with the rest of the .NET Framework and makes all .

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  2. Janet is a functional and imperative programming language. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and should run on other systems with some porting. The entire language (core library, interpreter, compiler, assembler) is about 200-300 kB and should run on many constrained systems.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  3. Pyodide icon
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    Pyodide is a Python distribution for the browser and Node.js based on WebAssembly.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Online
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  4. Stackless Python is an enhanced version of the Python programming language. It allows programmers to reap the benefits of thread-based programming without the performance and complexity problems associated with conventional threads.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Python
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  5. Hack icon
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    Hack is a programming language for HHVM that interoperates seamlessly with PHP. Hack reconciles the fast development cycle of PHP with the discipline provided by static typing, while adding many features commonly found in other modern programming languages.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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  6. Chapel icon
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    Chapel is a programming language designed for productive parallel computing at scale.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Save time and stop worrying about support, security and license compliance. ActivePython is built for your data science and development teams to move fast and deliver great products to the standards of today’s top enterprises.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. Objective-C icon
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    The Objective-C language is a simple computer language designed to enable sophisticated object-oriented programming. Objective-C is defined as a small but powerful set of extensions to the standard ANSI C language.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. MicroPython icon
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    MicroPython aims to implement the Python 3.4 standard (with selected features from later versions) with respect to language syntax, and most of the features of MicroPython are identical to those described by the “Language Reference” documentation at docs.python.org.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  10. Quorum icon
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    Quorum is a general purpose tool that we call an "evidence-based" programming language. It started as an interpreted language originally designed to be easier to hear through screen readers for blind or visually impaired users.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  11. Raku icon
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    Raku unifies many great ideas that aren't usually found in other programming languages. While several other languages offer some of these features, none of them offer all.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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