PureScript
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compiled language
functional programming language
programming language
purely functional programming language
strongly typed programming language
PureScript is a strongly-typed, purely functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is heavily inspired by Haskell.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PureScript canonical | 1 |
| purescript-control | 1 |
| purescript-effect | 1 |
| type system of PureScript | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4424967 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PureScript Context triple: [Haskell, influenced, PureScript]
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A.
Racket
Racket is a modern, multi-paradigm programming language in the Lisp/Scheme family, designed for language-oriented programming, scripting, and education.
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B.
Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
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C.
Elixir
Elixir is a functional, concurrent programming language built on the Erlang VM, known for its scalability, fault tolerance, and expressive syntax.
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D.
CoffeeScript
CoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, offering a more concise, Python- and Ruby-like syntax for writing web application code.
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E.
Clojure
Clojure is a modern, functional, and dynamic dialect of Lisp that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and emphasizes immutability and concurrent programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: PureScript Target entity description: PureScript is a strongly-typed, purely functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is heavily inspired by Haskell.
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A.
Racket
Racket is a modern, multi-paradigm programming language in the Lisp/Scheme family, designed for language-oriented programming, scripting, and education.
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B.
Chez Scheme
Chez Scheme is a high-performance, optimizing implementation of the Scheme programming language widely used for both research and production systems.
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C.
Elixir
Elixir is a functional, concurrent programming language built on the Erlang VM, known for its scalability, fault tolerance, and expressive syntax.
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D.
CoffeeScript
CoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript, offering a more concise, Python- and Ruby-like syntax for writing web application code.
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E.
Clojure
Clojure is a modern, functional, and dynamic dialect of Lisp that runs on the Java Virtual Machine and emphasizes immutability and concurrent programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
compiled language
ⓘ
functional programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ purely functional programming language ⓘ strongly typed programming language ⓘ |
| compilesTo | JavaScript ⓘ |
| creator | Phil Freeman ⓘ |
| designedFor |
JavaScript platforms
ⓘ
Node.js ⓘ back-end web development ⓘ front-end web development ⓘ |
| evaluationStrategy | non-strict ⓘ |
| firstAppeared | 2013 ⓘ |
| hasBuildTool |
Spago
ⓘ
pulp ⓘ |
| hasCommunityTool |
Try PureScript online REPL
ⓘ
pursuit package database ⓘ |
| hasCoreLibrary |
purescript-arrays
ⓘ
purescript-console ⓘ purescript-control ⓘ
linked to:
PureScript
purescript-effect ⓘ
linked to:
PureScript
purescript-either ⓘ purescript-foldable-traversable ⓘ purescript-foreign ⓘ
linked to:
FFI (foreign function interface)
purescript-foreign-generic ⓘ purescript-maybe ⓘ purescript-prelude ⓘ purescript-strings ⓘ purescript-tuples ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationSite | https://purescript.org ⓘ |
| hasImplementation | purs compiler ⓘ |
| hasPackageManager | Spago ⓘ |
| hasRepository | https://github.com/purescript/purescript ⓘ |
| hasTypeSystem |
Hindley–Milner type system
ⓘ
static type system ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Haskell ⓘ |
| license | BSD-3-Clause ⓘ |
| paradigm | functional programming ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
FFI to JavaScript
ⓘ
algebraic data types ⓘ effect typing ⓘ higher-kinded types ⓘ modules ⓘ pattern matching ⓘ records ⓘ row polymorphism ⓘ type classes ⓘ type inference ⓘ |
| targetRuntime |
Node.js runtime
ⓘ
web browser ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: PureScript Description of subject: PureScript is a strongly-typed, purely functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is heavily inspired by Haskell.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: PureScript
linked to: PureScript
linked to: PureScript