Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

I initially thought it would have been a pain to write just the test programs, but I guess they were just programatically search-replaced from Lisp programs?

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by SkyMarshal » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 7:22 AM UTC

This looks like somebody made a mistake using sed on lisp code accidentally deleted everything but the parenthesis. I don't know which is cooler, this or brainfuck.

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by samikc » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 7:35 AM UTC

If this is Lambda Calculus Tarpit like Turing Tarpit[1]? It seems like that to me.

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language#T...

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by saintfiends » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 7:44 AM UTC

I can pass subtle messages to astute readers by carefully crafting parenthesis in blog posts. This should be fun.

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by debelbot » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 7:54 AM UTC

.-less

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by asmala » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 8:25 AM UTC

I am impressed by the purity. Takes homoiconicity to the next level.

Re: Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses

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Post by zakhar » Thu, Apr 26, 2012, 8:32 AM UTC

SkyMarshal wrote: post #5

This looks like somebody made a mistake using sed on lisp code accidentally deleted everything but the parenthesis. I don't know which is cooler, this or brainfuck.

It could be an interesting problem to write a piece of code that performs one task when run as a Lisp program and another when run as Parenthetic. Or the same task even.