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I do think there are bad languages. Brainfuck is terrible. Brainfuck is not terrible, it's just not easy on human eyes. Brainfuck is really a very simple 8 in
by merlincorey 14y ago
I do think there are bad languages. Brainfuck is terrible.
Brainfuck is not terrible, it's just not easy on human eyes. Brainfuck is really a very simple 8 instruction turing machine designed to have the smallest possible compiler on the Amiga (240 bytes, at that). It is actually a derivation of p'', which is a programming language from the 60s used to describe a family of turing machines.
Now, for a truly terrible language, I introduce you the only programming language named after the eighth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno...
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EsoLangs wiki entry: http://esolangs.org/wiki/Malbolge http://esolangs.org/wiki/Malbolge
99 Bottles: http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-malbolge-995.html http://99-bottles-of-beer.net/language-malbolge-995.html
Writing programs in Malbolge is so difficult, typically one has to use another language to generate programs and search for a working malbolge program, or make extremely large programs that go on for pages.
You have been warned!