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How about Piet? https://esolangs.org/wiki/Piet https://esolangs.org/wiki/Piet Programming as an abstract painting

• user-the-name 6y ago
  Esoteric languages are create only for the gimmick of being esoteric, and do not represent an actual effort to solve a problem in a novel way. They are really not very interesting as anything other than toys.
  • nn3 6y ago
    Well it's a degree. Some people write write-only code in perl or in K. Others using category theory and Monads. Not sure if abstract colors are any worse. In practice I doubt there is a significant difference. It's all incomprehensible for the normal coder. At least in theory you could imagine using new parts of your brain with colorful programming. Kind of analogous to Richard Feynman picturing physical concepts using textures. There is color forth as an practical attempt to program with the help of colors.
    • user-the-name 6y ago
      Biut Perl, K, Haskell and its friends, even colorForth, they are trying to solve real problems. They might be using odd ideas to do it, or they might look inaccessible, but that is not the point, they are honestly trying to be useful. Esoteric languages like Piet, they aren't solving a problem. They are just being obscure for the sake of being obscure. This isn't interesting, and it doesn't really teach you anything of value.