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> (...) the Whitespace interpreter ignores any non-whitespace characters (...) A consequence of this property is that a Whitespace program can easily be contain

by lgl 6y ago

> (...) the Whitespace interpreter ignores any non-whitespace characters (...) A consequence of this property is that a Whitespace program can easily be contained within the whitespace characters of a program written in another language (...) making the text a polyglot. This is actually pretty brilliant as a sort of steganography in code type thing.

cmehdy 6y ago
So one could write an interpreter for Whitespace along with Whitespace code to run in the interpreter, so that the interpreter interprets itself. Hard to do better at maximizing the usage of negative space!
- lgl 6y ago
  Whoa, you just blew my mind. We need this in our lives :)