Lateralus - Programming language

Lateralus is an open source programming language created in 2025 by bad-antics.

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A pipeline-native programming language with compiler, VM, OS, LSP, and VS Code extension. Features algebraic data types, pattern matching, type inference, and borrow checking.

Tags: programming language
Early development of Lateralus happened in grug-group420
Lateralus compiles to C or LLVM IR or WebAssembly
Lateralus is written in Rust, C, Assembly language, Python, Bourne shell

Example from the web:

fn factorial(n: i32) -> i32 =
  | 0 => 1
  | n => n * factorial(n - 1)

Example from the Hello World Collection:

print "Hello, World!"

Language features

Feature	Supported	Token
Algebraic Data Type	✓
Pattern Matching	✓
Type Inference	✓
Static Typing	✓
Line Comments	✓	//
Comments	✓
Semantic Indentation	X