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Ask HN: Which symbolic programming languages do exist?

5 pointsby maksimuralmost 2 years ago
While there were a few discussions about non-English programming languages here on HN, what about programming languages that rely on symbols instead of natural languages? It appears that APL is one such language, are there any others?

3 comments

rzzzwilsonalmost 2 years ago
The esoteric languages page [0] has a few, all oddball, but piet, whitespace and befunge stand out.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Esoteric_programming_language" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Esoteric_programming_language</a>
anyfooalmost 2 years ago
BQN, although that feels like cheating, because it&#x27;s very much APL-derived: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mlochbaum.github.io&#x2F;BQN&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mlochbaum.github.io&#x2F;BQN&#x2F;</a>
jjgreenalmost 2 years ago
There are, but you might not like them ... <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brainfuck" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Brainfuck</a>