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Ur (programming language)
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<p>Ur, also called Ur/Web, is a <a href="/facts/Comparison_of_multi-paradigm_programming_languages/ubIddUMB">multi-paradigm</a>, <a href="/facts/High-level_programming_language/smjECUhx">high-level</a>, <a href="/facts/Purely_functional_programming/am3DcNAd">pure</a>, <a href="/facts/Strict_programming_language/6zaxXvdQ">strict</a>, <a href="/facts/Functional_programming/cdxqPEIM">functional</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Dialect_(computing)/cWTYbgWa">dialect</a> of the language <a href="/facts/ML_(programming_language)/RfwxASRF">ML</a>, designed for <a href="/facts/Web_development/UW5ypSzj">web development</a>, created by Adam Chlipala at the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> that one program can emit code for a <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">server</a>, <a href="/facts/Web_browser/2pfyymLs">web browser</a> client, and <a href="/facts/SQL/UjQLJcYm">SQL</a> specific to a given <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">database</a> <a href="/facts/Frontend_and_backend/QVUfH8gu">backend</a>. The full implementation is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a> released under an <a href="/facts/MIT_License/8llAQtlk">MIT License</a>. </p><p>Ur has its start and roots in a superseded progenitor language named <i>Laconic/Web</i>, in 2006. </p>