--- title: YETI programming language | daily.dev description: Yeti is a ML-style functional programming language that runs on the JVM. It has features like type inference, polymorphic structure and variant types, property... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: YETI programming language | daily.dev og:description: Yeti is a ML-style functional programming language that runs on the JVM. It has features like type inference, polymorphic structure and variant types, property... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ohG84stvK.png og:image:alt: YETI programming language og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # YETI programming language **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Yeti is a ML-style functional programming language that runs on the JVM. It has features like type inference, polymorphic structure and variant types, property fields in structures, lazy lists, pattern matching, and easy integration with Java code. However, the author suggests that OCaml and Nim are better options for a modern language outside the JVM. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#functional-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/functional-programming), [#jvm](https://daily.dev/tags/jvm), [#ocaml](https://daily.dev/tags/ocaml) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"YETI programming language","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk"},"datePublished":"2024-04-09T23:23:34.442Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"Yeti is a ML-style functional programming language that runs on the JVM. It has features like type inference, polymorphic structure and variant types, property...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lobsters","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lobsters","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tl8v_Fku--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698841318/logos/lobste.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/yeti-programming-language-ohg84stvk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"functional-programming,jvm,ocaml","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lobsters","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"YETI programming language"}]} ```