Feature comparison across different programming languages

Here’s a brief comparison of features across different languages.

    FEATURES                             MOONLI       COMMON LISP       JULIA       HASKELL         RUST         PYTHON       JAVASCRIPT         C  
  ----------------------------------- ------------ ----------------- ----------- ------------- -------------- ------------ ---------------- -----------
  Syntax                                    +              +              +            +            ---             +              -             -
  Interactivity (Rapid Prototyping)       High         Very High      Moderate        Low           None        Moderate       Moderate        None
  Typing (Strong/Weak)                   Strong         Strong         Strong       Strong         Strong        Strong          Weak          Weak
  Typing (Static/Dynamic)               Flexible       Flexible       Flexible      Static         Static       Dynamic        Dynamic        Dynamic
  Typing (Expressivity)                 Flexible       Flexible       Moderate     Very High     Very High        Low            Low            Low
  Compiler Speed                        Flexible       Flexible         Slow       Moderate         Slow        Moderate       Moderate      Moderate
  Runtime Speed                         Flexible       Flexible         Fast       Moderate         Fast          Slow         Moderate        Fast
  Runtime Error Recovery                Advanced       Advanced        Limited     Moderate         None        Moderate       Moderate        None
  Binary Size                           Flexible       Flexible         Large          ?           Small          None           None          Small
  User Extensibility                      High           High         Moderate        Low           Low           None           None          None
  Compiler built-in optimizations         Low             Low         Very High        ?         Very High        Low          Moderate      Very High
  Long Term Support                       Low          Very High      Moderate         ?          Moderate      Moderate         Low         Very High
  Ecosystem (without interop)            Small           Small        Moderate       Small        Moderate       Large          Large          Large
  Memory Management                       Heap           Heap         Reference      Heap       Compile Time   Reference          ?           Manual

Last modified December 23, 2025: Slightly cleanup and restructure docs (0081232)