Nu
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Aliases: Nu Language, NuLang
Provenance: commit 0b89dfd3b6 · authored 2026-02-07T12:34:48+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet
Sources mentioning this language
8 sources · pl_id:
pl/nuWikipedia infobox ↗
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pl_fact.csv for the long-table provenance.
| Paradigms | structured · imperative · functional · object-oriented |
|---|---|
| Typing | dynamic |
| Designed by | Tim Burks |
| First appeared | 2007 |
| Influenced by | Lisp · Objective-C · Ruby |
| License | Apache, v. 2.0 |
| Homepage | http://programming-nu.github.io |
Extensions claimed by this language
1 claim. Each row is one upstream assertion with its strength.
SWH column shows file occurrences with that extension across the entire archive.| Extension | Source | Strength | SWH |
|---|---|---|---|
.nu | linguist | primary | 24.7K files |
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LLM-contributed programs
Factorial Calculator
Provenance: commit 0b89dfd3b6 · authored 2026-02-07T12:34:48+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet · WebSearch disabled
;; Factorial function in Nu
(function factorial (n)
(if (<= n 1)
1
(* n (factorial (- n 1)))))
;; Test the function
(set result (factorial 5))
(puts "Factorial of 5 is: #{result}")
Real programs from Software Heritage
No SWH evidence indexed yet for this language. (Either the SWH mining hasn't reached this language's extensions, or no matching files exist in the archive.)
Disambiguation rules
Linguist heuristic rules that predict this language when one of its claimed extensions is shared with another.
| Rule | Ext | Kind | Predicates (truncated) |
|---|---|---|---|
h/linguist/.nu/1 | .nu | default | [] |