The Folders Programming Language

 (danieltemkin.com)

100 points | by gurst 6 hours ago

10 comments

  • jghn 2 minutes ago
    s/directories/folders !
  • nunodonato 4 hours ago
    This is so nuts and pointless... I love it!

    The kind of thing no AI would ever come up with :)

  • tensility 32 minutes ago
    Yes, file system metadata takes space. This is so incredibly inefficient.
  • anonymous908213 4 hours ago
    This is the most truly "WTF is wrong with you" esolang I've ever seen. When I got down to the syntax I imagined the amount of effort it would take to write a single statement and viscerally recoiled.
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    • _kb 3 hours ago
      If you enjoy that, allow me to introduce you to the displeasure of WORST and Malbolge.

      https://esolangs.org/wiki/WORST https://esolangs.org/wiki/Malbolge

      They’re both a truly bottomless pit of malaise.

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      • pell 2 hours ago
        > Warning: running this program at certain minute values will cause the interpreter to swap stdout and stderr.
      • FacelessJim 2 hours ago
        >The same program translated to normalized Malbolge for *clarity*

        The audacity

  • usrbinbash 2 hours ago
    This is...beautiful.
  • jdw64 1 hour ago
    This idea is so good, though
  • zzril 3 hours ago
    Oh, I remember that one from a CTF couple of years ago. Absolutely hilarious!
  • Surac 2 hours ago
    Reading the title I immediately thought of rust
  • fxwin 3 hours ago
    absolutely unhinged, i love it
  • elendilm 1 hour ago
    My first impression: beautiful and impressive.