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  • Reminds me of the Shakespeare Programming Language (https://esolangs.org/wiki/Shakespeare).

    I absolutely love esolangs. I've written a fair few in my time, though never released any. Which is fine, they've all been personal jokes and would be like trying to explain an in-group joke to absolutely everyone. But anyway, to me, esolangs are the closest one can get to Art in Computer Science.

    by moron4hire
  • No wonder so much of our software is rubbish when we treat the compiler and the runtime environment with so much neglect. By disrespecting them, we alienate the entities we rely upon most. I foresee a huge surge in software quality once the Bespoke language goes mainstream.
    by classified
  • Love it.

    Compared to regular programming languages it reminds me of the difference between lawn signs in the US vs the UK:

    US: Keep Off Grass! UK: Please remain on the footpath for the sake of our lawn

    by WhyComboNadir
  • Automatic garbage collection is not assumed; one formally engages the groundskeeper.

    Fantastic.

    by 220hertz
  • I think "A Regrettable Circumstance" is genuinely better description than "Exception"
    by broken-kebab
  • Idea first developed by intercal, which there are no reference to : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL
    by az09mugen
  • Let's do ClaudeLang:

        THIS DISTINCTION MATTERS: myBool IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
      LAND HONEST TAKE "Hello world"
    CAVEAT:
      THE GAP IS REAL "Unexpected error"
    THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND
    by dalmo3
  • Somewhat related: "If PHP Were British" (2011) - https://aloneonahill.com/blog/if-php-were-british/

    My favorite part:

      would_you_mind {
      // Code here
  } actually_i_do_mind (Exception £e) {
      // Politely move on
      cheerio('Message');
  }
    Past HN discussions:

    - May 28, 2019 - 46 comments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20029836

    - Dec 2, 2022 - 366 comments - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33828509

    by vova_hn2

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