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Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#31

Post by trumbitta2 » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 11:47 AM UTC

It would be awesome if someone would implement the Hodor programming language, next.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#32

Post by cpdean » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:09 PM UTC

I'm waiting for the buffalo buffalo port.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#33

Post by isawczuk » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:12 PM UTC

Write compiler in chicken lang and call it egg.

Then you will solve unsolved puzzle what was first compiler or programming language. or if you will: chicken or egg.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#34

Post by lelf » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:16 PM UTC

https://metacpan.org/module/Acme::Python

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#35

Post by jiggy2011 » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:18 PM UTC

bnegreve wrote: post #28

Error messages are very clear and understandable which is definitely a plus. For example: Error on line 1: expected 'chicken'

TypeError:

Expected, chicken :

Found, chicken

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#36

Post by arbuge » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:24 PM UTC

Chicken! Chicken chicken?

//Chicken chicken chicken

chicken (chicken = 0; chicken++; chicken = chicken/0){

  chicken;

}

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#37

Post by paulkoer » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:30 PM UTC

lelf wrote: post #34

https://metacpan.org/module/Acme::Python

I have to ask: What does this Acme stand for?

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#38

Post by delinka » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:30 PM UTC

"BBQ: Chars the topmost group of chickens into the corresponding ASCII code. ASCII stands for American Standard Chicken for Information Interchange."

Dude thought of everything...

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#39

Post by josscrowcroft » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:40 PM UTC

alemhnan wrote: post #11

dodgrile wrote: post #10

the word 'chicken' has now lost all meaning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation

Ahh! This has been happening to me since childhood and I never knew it was a documented psychological phenomenon. Thanks.

Re: Show HN: Chicken chicken chicken – chicken chicken programming language

#40

Post by Vivtek » Mon, Jul 01, 2013, 12:54 PM UTC

paulkoer wrote: post #37

lelf wrote: post #34

https://metacpan.org/module/Acme::Python

I have to ask: What does this Acme stand for?

It doesn't stand for anything - it's the company that Wile E. Coyote orders wacky equipment from in the cartoons in order to defeat the Road Runner. It's the namespace in CPAN for joke modules.