 The Futhark Programming Language
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Futhark is a purely functional data-parallel programming language in
the ML family.  It can be compiled to typically very efficient
parallel code, running on either a CPU or GPU.  The language is
developed at [DIKU](http://diku.dk) at the University of Copenhagen,
originally as part of the [HIPERFIT centre](http://hiperfit.dk).  It
is quite stable and suitable for practical programming.

For more information, see:

* [A collection of code examples](https://futhark-lang.org/examples.html)

* [Installation instructions](http://futhark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)

* [The main website](http://futhark-lang.org)

* [Parallel Programming in
  Futhark](https://futhark-book.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), an
  extensive introduction and guide

* [The Futhark User's Guide](http://futhark.readthedocs.io)

* [Documentation for the built-in prelude](https://futhark-lang.org/docs/prelude)

* [Futhark libraries](https://futhark-lang.org/pkgs/)

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Hacking
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Issues tagged with [good first
issue](https://github.com/diku-dk/futhark/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22)
do not require deep knowledge of the code base.

For contributing code, see [the hacking instructions](HACKING.md).
