The Ü Programming Language

A new programming language called Ü has arrived promising the dream combo: speed, safety, and none of the baggage people complain about in older tools. Its creator says it takes the good parts of C++ and a little inspiration from Rust, while being easier to use. On paper, it sounds like a superhero origin story: fast, careful with memory, able to catch mistakes early, and already backed by its own compiler, library, build tools, and editor support.

But the real fireworks started in the comments, where readers were far less dazzled by the feature chart than the language’s confidence level. One of the biggest complaints? The project’s front page leads with a giant comparison table and big promises instead of a simple “look, here’s what it actually feels like to use.” That triggered immediate side-eye. Several commenters basically said: if you’re claiming to fix the problems of famous languages, you’d better show the goods, not just a glossy scoreboard.

Then came the sarcasm. The line about being inspired by C++ but having “none of its downsides,” while being easier than Rust, got absolutely cooked, with one commenter delivering the quote-of-the-thread: “Blessed are the humble, for they shall be humbled.” Another said the salesy tone made them want to run in the opposite direction. And yes, people also fixated on the staggering 11,775 commits in about a year, calling that less “productive” and more “should we be worried?” The vibe was clear: Ü may be ambitious, but the community wants receipts, not swagger.