• LeateWonceslace@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Which is ironic, because everyone who writes it needs help. I’ve been thinking about learning it to show off how mentally healthy I am.

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      brainfuck is a member of an exclusive club of languages where it’s much easier to write a compiler for it than to read a program written in it.

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        1 year ago

        'Cause COBOL might actually get you a job? Esoteric languages can’t even do that, so you have to hate yourself worse than COBOL if you’re going to learn brainfuck.

        “Worse than COBOL.” This is a terrifying concept. 😱