Esoteric language zoo
December 27, 2019 — December 27, 2019
If you want to find more about the weird ends of this hobby, see retrocomputing or the esolang wiki.
The page exists mostly because I don’t think about these things often enough to remember their names but occasionally need to know them as punchlines.
1 Iverson and Whitney
Arthur Whitney is I think the creator of the odd, ill-explained k and b languages, which make impressive claims about performance but unimpressive claims about community, support, and longevity. I think they are in the APL lineage as created by Kenneth E. Iverson.
2 Pure
A cute, usable language. See pure.
3 Brainfuck
The hoary old classic of esoteric languages, about which I am no authority. However, check out this homomorphic encrypted brainfuck machine.
4 INTERCAL
Blogged so I can remember its name. INTERCAL is that perverted joke language I always forget the name of. Famous for its COME FROM construct to avoid the harms of GOTO.