{"slug": "futhark-by-example", "title": "Futhark by example", "summary": "Hands-on introduction to the Futhark programming language through a series of commented example programs, organized by increasing complexity. It directs readers to the Futhark homepage and suggests alternative resources like \"Parallel Programming in Futhark\" for a more conventional overview, as well as links to implemented benchmarks and projects using the language.", "body_md": "The following is a hands-on introduction to Futhark through a collection of commented programs, listed in roughly increasing order of complexity. You can load the programs into the interpreter to experiment with them. For a conventional introduction to the language, Parallel Programming in Futhark may be a better choice. For more examples, you can check our implemented benchmarks. We also maintain a list of projects using Futhark.\nSome of the example programs use directives for plotting or rendering graphics.\n↫ Futhark homepage\nAs a non-programmer, I just think the name is cool.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/futhark-by-example", "canonical_source": "https://www.osnews.com/story/145000/futhark-by-example/", "published_at": "2026-05-19 21:13:49+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 09:02:46.530634+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "open-source", "research"], "entities": ["Futhark"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/futhark-by-example", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/futhark-by-example.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/futhark-by-example.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/futhark-by-example.jsonld"}}