An Usable Minimal Programming Language?
Aergia is a minimalist programming language that aims to be usable based on varying definitions of usability. It comes with basic tools for development, including a program minifier called Lethes. Future plans include a program formatter named Otia.
- ▪Aergia is a minimalist programming language.
- ▪Documentation for Aergia is available online.
- ▪The language includes a program minifier called Lethes and plans for a formatter named Otia.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/las-r/aergia |
| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 04:53:36 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-30T05:12:05.787Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-30T05:12:05.787Z |
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Aergia is a minimalist yet still usable programming language, depending on your definition of usable. Documentation Documentation for Aergia can be found here. IDE Support Here is a list of every IDE with Aergia support: VSCode Sublime Text Tools Aergia is provided with a few basic tools to aid in development: Lethes: A basic program minifier. aergia --lethes <filename.aer> Otia (planned): A basic program formatter. aergia --otia <filename.aer>
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at GitHub.