Hare

Purpose

Guide agents through the Hare programming language: design philosophy (simple, stable, compiled), hare build/test/run workflows, stdlib overview, C FFI with @extern, the type system (tagged unions, slices), error handling with (T | error!), and comparison with C and Zig for systems utilities.

When to Use

• Writing small system utilities with C-like control and modern safety
• Building CLI tools or daemons with minimal dependencies
• Calling C libraries from Hare or exporting Hare functions to C
• Preferring explicit error handling over exceptions
• Evaluating Hare vs C or Zig for a new project
• Needing a stable, auditable codebase without heavy runtime

Workflow

1. Install Hare