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Obviously Google has implemented their search back-end using INTERCAL (Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym [0]) which requires 'PLEASE' modifiers to
by grkvlt 10y ago
Obviously Google has implemented their search back-end using INTERCAL (Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym [0]) which requires 'PLEASE' modifiers to be inserted, lest the compiler returns an error due to insufficient politeness. However adding too many and being overly polite also results in a compiler error... Other awesome features include the 'COME FROM' statement, instead of 'GOTO', and ending programs with 'GIVE UP' (or, of course, 'PLEASE GIVE UP', as in the wiki example!)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL
- stirner 10y agoAnd, of course, "WRITE IN inputs a number written out as digits in English (such as SIX FIVE FIVE THREE FIVE), and READ OUT outputs it in 'butchered' Roman numerals."
- djsumdog 10y agoI first learned about that language from this quine: https://github.com/mame/quine-relay https://github.com/mame/quine-relay