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'''Odin''', also known as '''odinlang''', is an [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[General-purpose programming language|general-purpose]], [[compiled programming language|compiled]] and [[statically typed]] [[system programming language]] designed by Ginger Bill.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLA4ajby00 | title=Interview with Odin language creator gingerBill | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-06 |title=Learn to Code with Odin Programming Language - Introduction |url=https://dev.to/patrickodacre/learn-to-code-with-odin-programming-language-introduction-ga5 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=DEV Community |language=en}}</ref>

Odin is designed to be an alternative to the [[C_(programming_language)|C programming language]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing Odin Lang (Japanese) |url=https://qiita.com/sh1so6/items/40bdda93d6fa2f094fd7 |access-date=2019-09-29 |website=Qiita}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Programming Games by Hand Using Odin |url=https://community.codenewbie.org/patrickodacre/programming-games-by-hand-using-odin-55lh |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=CodeNewbie Community 🌱 |language=en}}</ref> and achieve "high performance" on "modern systems"<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Odin Programming Language |url=https://odin-lang.org/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=odin-lang.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Comparisons with other languages - C3 Documentation |url=https://www.c3-lang.org/compare/#odin}}</ref>, with features like compile-time [[parametric polymorphism]], [[array programming]], and [[Type_introspection|runtime reflection]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Odin programming language review |url=https://graphitemaster.github.io/odin_review/#quality-of-life}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Writing an Operating System in Odin |url=https://flysand7.hashnode.dev/writing-an-os-kernel-in-odin |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=flysand7's blog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=hasen |date=2022-08-25 |title=Why I like Odin |url=https://hasenjudy.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/odin-praise/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Hasen Judy |language=en}}</ref>

The language comes with bindings for several libraries and graphics APIs such as [[OpenGL]], [[DirectX]], [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] and [[Vulkan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike |date=2022-04-13 |title=ODIN Programming Language |url=https://gamefromscratch.com/odin-programming-language/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=GameFromScratch.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

== Syntax and features ==