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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:29 PM
Sometimes I wish some of the esoteric languages had a purpose instead of being useless in old files. I want to be able to learn them and successfully use it purposefully. I mean, it would be hilarious to write a game or something in LOLCODE...
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BIGBUCKS999 is not online. BIGBUCKS999
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06 Aug 2012 12:32 PM

And how many games successfully use Esolang (pretty sure it's another word for Esoteric)?

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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:33 PM
My knowledge of the subject is a little low, but I would say probably.. none? Most likely only test programs made by the languages devs'.
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BIGBUCKS999 is not online. BIGBUCKS999
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06 Aug 2012 12:35 PM
I'm pretty sure the language itself was designed for test purposes of some kind. Not quite sure the actual purpose of it though.

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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:36 PM
The language was most likely designed for tests or for studying the capabilities of a computer or hardware, many other things, etc. etc. But I mean, it would have been pretty nice if we could actually learn it to program things like games, etc.
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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06 Aug 2012 12:38 PM
because then they wouldn't be esoteric anymore
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BIGBUCKS999 is not online. BIGBUCKS999
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06 Aug 2012 12:39 PM
Possibly, I wouldn't mind learning it. I like to mess around with random language's seeing what I can do on my PC.


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Guarranteed is not online. Guarranteed
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06 Aug 2012 12:39 PM
If you look at the list of the worlds programming languages, most of them have gone nowhere because they were just random tests to help ease the use of a more prominent language.
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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06 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
And LOLCode really isn't esoteric at all.
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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
Still, it would be fun to program in LOLCODE, Complode or Deltaplex.
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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:42 PM
@trapping

It kinda is, if you look at it from a random viewpoint. I can't tell if it was created for a purpose or as a joke, the dev could have done the same exact thing with normal syntax instead of:

HAI
CAN HAS [Insertrandomlibrary]?
VISIBLE [YAY]
KTHXBYE




I mean seriously...
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Guarranteed is not online. Guarranteed
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06 Aug 2012 12:44 PM
Of course that's Esoteric. Saying it's not is like saying Java isn't a RAM hog.
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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 12:46 PM
Everyone knows Java hogs up your RAM, no wonder games like MC burn your computer to a crisp.

But my point is how seem of these languages would be pretty useful in making real programs, and the fact they were kept to the side kinda makes me sad D:

I just found out about LOLPython.. .-.
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06 Aug 2012 12:55 PM
I have 16GB of RAM, and I still hate Java.
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06 Aug 2012 01:07 PM
Why not use a non-conventional language which is as cool as an esoteric language but still really useful? Like for instance Haskell, for some projects it's even by far the best language to use for the job, but looking at it without knowing anything about it you might think that it was an esoteric language.
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06 Aug 2012 01:09 PM
thing1 >>= (\x -> func1 x >>= (\y -> thing2
>>= (\_ -> func2 y (\z -> return z))))
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trappingnoobs is not online. trappingnoobs
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06 Aug 2012 01:11 PM
@Guaranteed

But a tonne of people know LOLCode, even if they haven't used it much
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Guarranteed is not online. Guarranteed
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06 Aug 2012 01:14 PM
Haskell.

Of course a ton of people know LOLCode,
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GreenDay987 is not online. GreenDay987
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06 Aug 2012 01:15 PM
Every knows LOLCode....
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Guarranteed is not online. Guarranteed
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06 Aug 2012 01:16 PM
What about THART, Brainf0ck (the 0 is replaced with a u), and Chef.
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Guarranteed is not online. Guarranteed
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06 Aug 2012 01:18 PM
Hello World in DumbScript.

O|--< @--- str
O|--< 1+1=2 int
O|--<_IS_>--|O @--- zzz str "Joo suck monkey balls!"
O|--<_IS_>--|O 1+1=2 zzz int 20
x*y=x*y zzz 10 int
[blah_blah_blah] >>>> str
[blah_blah_blah] >>>> int
patience anakin


Some of these are just ridiculous.
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