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Pony (programming language)
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<p>Pony (also referred to as ponylang) is a <a href="/facts/Free_software/IaoVtJXn">free</a> and <a href="/facts/Open-source/7X9rCdz4">open source</a>, object-oriented, <a href="/facts/Actor_model/MJ49opnU">actor model</a>, <a href="/facts/Capability-based_security/negzSwhS">capabilities-secure</a>, high performance programming language. Pony's reference capabilities allow even mutable data to be safely <a href="/facts/Evaluation_strategy/Pc9kLWgs">passed by reference</a> between actors. <a href="/facts/Garbage_collection_(computer_science)/j2vlIu7g">Garbage collection</a> is performed <a href="/facts/Concurrency_(computer_science)/Ctnrrq4A">concurrently</a>, per-actor, which eliminates the need to pause program execution or <a href="/facts/Tracing_garbage_collection/qg7fK6w9">"stop the world"</a>. Sylvan Clebsch is the original creator of the language. It is now being maintained and developed by members of the Pony team. </p>