Advent Of Code, daily programming challenges for the holiday season. You can submit solutions for any language you like, including inchomprehensible esoteric ones like in the screenshot
I have dabbled in APL, and it can be written either as 'line noise' like this, or as readable as any other language, with comments, control blocks and clear variable names. Let's just say I have ... opinions on tacit programming like this.
First time I'm seeing Uiua, and I like it. It's kind of cute, even though I know I'll probably never use it.
However, seeing one of their goals being "code that is as short as possible while remaining readable" is kind of ironic, given how it looks and reads. But I don't mind, it's still pretty adorable.
It looks like it's hell to learn and write. It's possible that once you learn all the glyphs (which IMO adds unneccessary complexity that goes against their goal of being readable), it might be easier to parse. I'm probably not the target audience, though.
I kinda like the idea of Uiua.
It's extreme and meme, but the concept is really interesting.
I think our language and writing limits us, and in 30-40 years with enhanced interfaces and cognitions, we will be using things like this.
Similar to how ancient Persians used 3D handwriting to convey much more data in compact forms.
That looks like what'd happen if one put APL in a blender. I don't know who came up with whatever that is, but they need to get outside more. Or, you know, just once maybe.
It's like autism, there's a spectrum. Perl can be very c like. It also can be indistinguishable from actual line noise. Or it can be like roku and not really look like Perl at all. Lol
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Digit@lemmy.wtf · 41 pts · 271d
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez problems?
AnExerciseInFalling@programming.dev · 52 pts · 271d
Advent Of Code, daily programming challenges for the holiday season. You can submit solutions for any language you like, including
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Digit@lemmy.wtf · 8 pts · 271d
Ah. Thanks.
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 271d
That is, I'm guessing, either BQN or Uiua?
I have dabbled in APL, and it can be written either as 'line noise' like this, or as readable as any other language, with comments, control blocks and clear variable names. Let's just say I have ... opinions on tacit programming like this.
PoolloverNathan@programming.dev · 15 pts · 271d
&frasis certainly Uiua, File Read as StringMikina@programming.dev · 4 pts · 271d
First time I'm seeing Uiua, and I like it. It's kind of cute, even though I know I'll probably never use it.
However, seeing one of their goals being "code that is as short as possible while remaining readable" is kind of ironic, given how it looks and reads. But I don't mind, it's still pretty adorable.
It looks like it's hell to learn and write. It's possible that once you learn all the glyphs (which IMO adds unneccessary complexity that goes against their goal of being readable), it might be easier to parse. I'm probably not the target audience, though.
lime@feddit.nu · 18 pts · 271d
this looks like uiua!
somegeek@programming.dev · 8 pts · 271d
I kinda like the idea of Uiua. It's extreme and meme, but the concept is really interesting. I think our language and writing limits us, and in 30-40 years with enhanced interfaces and cognitions, we will be using things like this.
Similar to how ancient Persians used 3D handwriting to convey much more data in compact forms.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 7 pts · 271d
That looks like what'd happen if one put APL in a blender. I don't know who came up with whatever that is, but they need to get outside more. Or, you know, just once maybe.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 271d
So you did put APL in a blender.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 269d
Well, yeah. What else would one do it with it? Set it on fire and scatter the ashes?
onlinepersona@programming.dev · 7 pts · 270d
AOC is a programmer?
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org · 4 pts · 270d
AoC stands for Age of Consent
Deebster@programming.dev · 7 pts · 271d
Our local wizard who casts these spells is @mykl@lemmy.world
mykl@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 268d
I'm more like the sorcerer's apprentice watching my arrays get increasingly out of my control :-)
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 271d
Your regexp got out of hand.
Does it multiply?
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 271d
This looks somewhat like perl...
juliebean@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 270d
that is definitely not perl.
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 270d
omg there's stuff worse than Perl out there?
juliebean@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 270d
rude.
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 269d
There are entire categories of languages less readable than Perl...
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 269d
Amazing. is Perl like, the countable infinity of unreadable languages or smth?
bhamlin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 269d
It's like autism, there's a spectrum. Perl can be very c like. It also can be indistinguishable from actual line noise. Or it can be like roku and not really look like Perl at all. Lol
marcos@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 271d
Yeah, doesn't look like APL to me, but I don't know it well enough to tell for certain.
Either way, that much code in a language that is at least as concise as APL... what is this? a full office suite?
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 271d
It's Uiua
seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 271d
that is not enchantment table </3