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Gleam (programming language)
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<p>Gleam is a <a href="/facts/General-purpose_programming_language/LyA5zR3M">general-purpose</a>, <a href="/facts/Concurrent_computing/yVzQBPr9">concurrent</a>, <a href="/facts/Functional_programming/cdxqPEIM">functional</a> <a href="/facts/High-level_programming_language/smjECUhx">high-level</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> that compiles to <a href="/facts/Erlang_/2PuxmzT3">Erlang</a> or <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a> source code. </p><p>Gleam is a statically-typed language, which is different from the most popular languages that run on Erlang’s virtual machine <a href="/facts/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine)/ExXaLz8F">BEAM</a>, <a href="/facts/Erlang_/2PuxmzT3">Erlang</a> and <a href="/facts/Elixir_/vX1J3cgf">Elixir</a>. Gleam has its own type-safe implementation of OTP, Erlang's actor framework. Packages are provided using the Hex package manager, and an index for finding packages written for Gleam is available. </p>