Halide

Halide is a programming language designed for writing image processing algorithms. It is based on the notion of "image pipelines", where each stage of the pipeline is a separate Halide function. The key feature of Halide is that it allows the programmer to express these pipelines in a high-level way, without having to worry about the low-level details of how the image is represented. This makes it possible to write image processing algorithms that are portable across a wide range of hardware platforms. Halide has been used to write a number of high-performance image processing applications, including the popular HDR Tone Mapping tool. If you're looking for a powerful and easy-to-use programming language for image processing, Halide is definitely worth checking out.