What is Axiom?
Axiom is a programming language designed for simplicity. It's kind of like BASIC but even easier to use. It's kind of like pseudocode but it actually runs. The philosophy of Axiom is: Write less code without sacrificing clarity. The resulting code becomes axiomatic—it cannot be reduced any further.
Technically speaking, Axiom is an interpreted significant-whitespace language with easy-to-learn syntax and a variety of powerful features like native threads, remote imports, and an extensive standard library. Additionally, Axiom avoids pitfalls of other languages like inheritance, exceptions, and syntactic sugar. More information and details on these topics can be found in the features page.
Why write less code?
All things being equal, a program with more code takes longer to write and probably contains more bugs. Choosing a language that does the same work with less code provides you with mental leverage, in the same way that a wrench provides you with physical leverage.
Can you write too little code?
Yes, it's possible to write so little code that it becomes unclear, like in code golf. To prevent this, Axiom eschews syntactic sugar and omits code packing features like statement delimiters (typically semicolons).
Ideally, Axiom resides in the sweet spot that maximizes clarity:
Is the Axiom logo just the "share" icon turned sideways? Or the Braniac logo turned upside down?
It's actually supposed to be the "therefore sign" with the dots connected to resemble the letter "A".
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Who created Axiom?
Axiom was created by Aaron Liu (aaronliu.cc).