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{{Short description|Programming language}}

{{Infobox programming language

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== Overview ==

Futhark is a language in the [[ML (programming language)|ML]] family, with an indentation-insensitive syntax derived from [[OCaml]], [[Standard ML]], and [[Haskell]]. The [[type system]] is based on a [[Hindley–Milner type system]] with a variety of extensions, such as [[uniqueness type]]s and size-[[dependent type]]s. Futhark is not intended as a [[general-purpose programming language]] for writing full applications, but is instead focused on writing ''[[compute kernel]]s'' (not always the same as a ''GPU kernel'') which are then invoked from applications written in conventional languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futhark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ |title=Futhark User's Guide |website=futhark.readthedocs.io}}</ref>

Futhark is named after [[Runes#Runic_alphabets|the first six letters of the Runic alphabet]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Troels |first=Henriksen |date=November 2017 |title=Design and Implementation of the Futhark Programming Language |url=https://futhark-lang.org/publications/troels-henriksen-phd-thesis.pdf |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Copenhagen |access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>{{rp|2}}

== Examples ==

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