Programming’s Bizarre Languages

1K Blog Marathon: Day 50

Programming Languages are the best and worst enemy of programmers. Learning one is an essential step to learn another, so IF (You.LearnItWrong == TRUE) {print “You will have a hard time sharpening your logic.”}.

Some languages are created with more “human-like” coding principles and syntax, but also, there are the “different thinkers” who created and used Esoteric Programming Languages – languages that by writing code, seems like your already debugging!

Let’s take a look at some of them! And please, enjoy!

Brainf*ck

Big Brain Behind: Urban Müller

Short Desc: This programming language will literally give every programmer a brain f*ck!

This minimalist language is intended for implementing on a “smallest possible compiler”.

How Bizarre? If you will happen to land upon one of it, you will only see 8 commands: ‘>’,’<’,’+’,’-‘, ‘.’, ‘,’, ‘[‘and ‘]’.

Code Snippet:

This will print “Hello World” and a newline to the screen:

++++++++[>++++[>++>+++>+++>+<<<<-]>+>+>->>+[<]<-]>>.>---.+++++++..+++.>>.<-.<.+++.------.--------.>>+.>++.

Ook!

Big Brain Behind: David Morgan-Mar

Short Desc: Hold on tight. Ready your jaws. This one is something to “Ook” for, why? This one, my friend, is a programming language designed for “orang-utans”! Yes, orang-utans! Aside from the two ‘o’s and a ‘k’, it is also related to Brainf*ck.

How Bizarre? It’s not that hard, by the way. It only have 3 syntax elements: 1. ‘Ook.’ 2. ‘Ook?’ 3. ‘Ook!’ Ookay?

Code Snippet:

This is the “Hello World” of this language:

Ook. Ook? Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook.
Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook! Ook? Ook? Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook.
Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook? Ook! Ook! Ook? Ook! Ook? Ook.
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Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook! Ook. Ook! Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook.
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Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook? Ook! Ook! Ook? Ook! Ook? Ook. Ook! Ook.
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Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook. Ook! Ook? Ook? Ook. Ook. Ook.
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BIT

Short Desc: This one gives the programmer a full access to all data for machine representation.

How Bizarre? This language is a ‘bit’ formal (get the pun? Me neither.)

It has 2 data types: 1. ‘Bit’. 2. ‘Address-of-a-bit’.

Code Snippet:

This prints “Hello World!” Please read until the end.

LINE NUMBER ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO VARIABLE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO CODE VARIABLE ONE EQUALS ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO GOTO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO CODE VARIABLE ONE EQUALS ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE GOTO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE CODE VARIABLE ONE EQUALS ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE GOTO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO VARIABLE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZEROZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO CODE VARIABLE ONE EQUALS ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO GOTO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE VARIABLE ONE EQUALS ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO GOTO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ZERO ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO
LINE NUMBER ONE ZERO ONE ONE ONE ONE ZERO CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ZERO ONE ONE ONE CODE PRINT ZERO GOTO ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE
LINE NUMBER ONE ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE CODE PRINT ONE

LOLCODE

Big Brain Behind: Adam Lindsay

Short Desc: This esoteric programming language is inspired by lolspeak. And if Ook! is a language for orang-utans, this one is for lolcats! Yes, cats!

How Bizarre? Using the compressed lolspeak, or the language of the lolcat meme, LOLCODE’s keywords are somewhat easy to read, and easy to laugh.

Code Snippet:

For the plot to take over the world, this is the “Hello World!” of this one.

HAI 1.2
CAN HAS STDIO?
VISIBLE "HAI WORLD!"
KTHXBYE

Pikachu

Big Brain Behind: Nilabhro Datta

Short Desc: An esoteric programming language created for the purpose of “catching ‘em all!”, I mean to be used by – you guess it right! Pikachu!

How Bizarre? Pikachu recognizes only 3 syntax: 1. ‘pi’. 2. ‘pika’. 3. ‘pikachu’. It also has 2 stacks, ‘pi pikachu’ and ‘pika pikachu’.

Code Snippet:

This code will print “HELLO WORLD” to the screen, along with a thunderbolt!

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These are only 5 of the bizarre programming languages on Earth, at least. If you want a BIT of BrainF*ck and if its Ook! to challenge your skills, go for it! Laugh out loud in your LOLCODE while talking to your Pikachu!

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