Obscure Programming Language
Posted by:
Jeff Brown
on 08/20/2006
I was doing some research on quines this weekend and while doing so I stumbled across several obscure programming languages that I was not previously familiar with. The following is actual code I wrote that will compile and run (it isn't a quine)...
Do you know what language that is? A few hints...
>++++++++++[>+++++++>+++++++++++>+++++++
+++>++++++++++++>+++>++++++++[<]>-]>-.>+
++++.>-.+++++.---.>-.>++.>-.<<<---.++++.
<++.--.>---.--.<+.>++++++++.<-----.-.>>>+.
Do you know what language that is? A few hints...
- The language is composed of just 8 commands, each expressed with a single character (7 are used in the program above)
- Whitespace is insignificant
- The language is "Turing-Complete"
- The language has a colorful name (if you reply to this, you may use the initials to avoid the offensive word)
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Core member of the Grails development team, Jeff Brown, is a Senior Software Engineer with SpringSource. Jeff has been involved in designing and building object oriented systems for over 15 years. Jeff's areas of expertise include web development with Groovy & Grails, Java and agile development.
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