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That line presumably does math. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 07:31, 10 December 2007 (MST) |
That line presumably does math. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 07:31, 10 December 2007 (MST) |
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: I wouldn't call it "esoteric"...Esoteric languages, to my mind, are ones that make difficult even common tasks. A look at [http://rosettacode.org/rosettacode/w/index.php?title=Quicksort#J J's quicksort] wouldn't lead me to that conclusion. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 08:37, 10 December 2007 (MST) |
: I wouldn't call it "esoteric"...Esoteric languages, to my mind, are ones that make difficult even common tasks. A look at [http://rosettacode.org/rosettacode/w/index.php?title=Quicksort#J J's quicksort] wouldn't lead me to that conclusion. --[[User:Short Circuit|Short Circuit]] 08:37, 10 December 2007 (MST) |
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:: Yeah, you're right. I guess I didn't look at enough examples. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 08:53, 10 December 2007 (MST) |
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Can we call this language "esoteric"? I think any language where emoticons are mathematical instructions deserves that title. Some lines look like Befunge...like this one from the wiki:
p2=.(".@(,&'x') %&x: <:@(x.&^)@#) p
That line presumably does math. --Mwn3d 07:31, 10 December 2007 (MST)
- I wouldn't call it "esoteric"...Esoteric languages, to my mind, are ones that make difficult even common tasks. A look at J's quicksort wouldn't lead me to that conclusion. --Short Circuit 08:37, 10 December 2007 (MST)
- Yeah, you're right. I guess I didn't look at enough examples. --Mwn3d 08:53, 10 December 2007 (MST)