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BF is slightly hard to read, more like a well written Perl. IMHO any solid enteprise should use Ook! or similar substitution - power of Perl, with verbosity of
by samsk 2y ago
BF is slightly hard to read, more like a well written Perl.
IMHO any solid enteprise should use Ook! or similar substitution - power of Perl, with verbosity of COBOL !
https://esolangs.org/wiki/Ook https://esolangs.org/wiki/Ook!
- shawn_w 2y agoYou can embed BF directly in your perl code! https://metacpan.org/pod/Acme::Brainfuck https://metacpan.org/pod/Acme::Brainfuck There's an Ook! interpreter too but it's more limited. https://metacpan.org/pod/Language::Ook https://metacpan.org/pod/Language::Ook
- wiz21c 2y agoSeriously, why ? :-)
- wiz21c 2y agoIf only they'd used the f-word instead of Ook...
- ArnoVW 2y agoI believe it’s a reference to a Discworld personage The Librarian is known for his violent reaction whenever he hears anyone refer to him as a "monkey" (orang-utans are apes). He speaks an elaborate language whose vocabulary consists of the single word Ook (and its antonym "eek" - where "ook" means yes, "eek" tends to mean no) https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Librarian https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Librarian
- wiz21c 2y agowaho, didn't know ! Thanks for explaining.