Fat Dactyls

#1

Post by esoprogramming » Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 10:07 AM UTC

Re: Fat Dactyls

#2

Post by DylanDmitri » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 1:23 AM UTC

I've been thinking about a programming language where parts of speech are flexible, so if you define a "square" function you could write both "square 3" and "3 squared".

Re: Fat Dactyls

#3

Post by gumby » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 3:44 AM UTC

DylanDmitri wrote: post #2

I've been thinking about a programming language where parts of speech are flexible, so if you define a "square" function you could write both "square 3" and "3 squared".

Have your read “Nine Hundred Grandmothers” by R. A. Lafferty?

Re: Fat Dactyls

#4

Post by Sleepytime » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 3:59 AM UTC

If this kind of thing interests people, the esoteric languages wiki is worth losing some time to.

https://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page

Re: Fat Dactyls

#5

Post by ampdepolymerase » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 4:07 AM UTC

DylanDmitri wrote: post #2

I've been thinking about a programming language where parts of speech are flexible, so if you define a "square" function you could write both "square 3" and "3 squared".

Try some of the DSLs for quantum computers. You basically want all of your operators to be commutative.

Re: Fat Dactyls

#6

Post by itronitron » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 4:52 AM UTC

i was expecting to read about obese flying dinosaurs

Re: Fat Dactyls

#7

Post by bmn__ » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 6:34 AM UTC

itronitron wrote: post #6

i was expecting to read about obese flying dinosaurs

Daktylos just means finger.

Re: Fat Dactyls

#8

Post by bmn__ » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 6:41 AM UTC

DylanDmitri wrote: post #2

I've been thinking about a programming language where parts of speech are flexible, so if you define a "square" function you could write both "square 3" and "3 squared".

Already taken to its logical conclusion: https://esolangs.org/wiki/Perligata

Re: Fat Dactyls

#9

Post by esoprogramming » Sat, Jul 17, 2021, 8:39 PM UTC

Sleepytime wrote: post #4

If this kind of thing interests people, the esoteric languages wiki is worth losing some time to. https://esolangs.org/wiki/Main_Page

And also the other posts on esoteric.codes itself, covering esolangs and code art