rottyyyyyy

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   by rottyyyyyy 1y ago

   I would not consider SPITBOL esoteric since it was not intended as such — but the original INTERCAL-72 interpreter was written in SPITBOL, so the language is quite important to esolang history (and deeply weird, besides).
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   by rottyyyyyy 1y ago

   Mostly because JS is so widely-used and so encourages others to expand or contribute to the language. And partly because JS is delightfully chaotic, so it feels right for esolang work. But I might make a different choice with my next interp
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   by rottyyyyyy 1y ago

   Yes, you build a command in pieces, breaking it down so as not to seem too petty to the gods in any single line of code. The longer the request, the more praise must be given, but also you can’t repeat yourself too much (if you call Ariadne
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   by rottyyyyyy 1y ago

   Also, while Forth may not be esoteric, there’s always Chuck Moore’s other creation, colorForth. https://colorforth.github.io/
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   by rottyyyyyy 1y ago

   Hi, I’m the author of the book and arriving (a bit late) to clarify a few things. Although I discuss esolang history in the Spectrum piece (something I get deeper into on my blog, https://esoteric.codes ), the book is a monograph