#Fortran IV tokenization, or proto-tokenization, is even more esoteric than a lot of #esolang designs.

One of my favorite machine code compilers is Shelta. A beautiful language that allows comments ANYWHERE.

Fortran IV isn't quite that extreme, but apparently, because of the limitations of data input at the time. (IE punch cards) spaces could be anywhere. That is a pretty difficult concept to grok. But I kind of understand it, even though it seems crazy, but I'm trying to make it work!

I have created an esoteric programming language called Uhhlang. In this language the only valid tokens (after comment removal) are hesitation words in various languages. For example: uh/erm (from English), euh (French), äää (Estonian), εμ (Greek), अ (Hindi). I've also included some RTL language tokens.

Code repo including example programs: https://codeberg.org/mattp/uhhlang/src/branch/main

Blog post: https://www.peperell.com/2026/04/01/uhh-er-erm.html

Human-generated input, corrections etc from sufficiently advanced / native speakers of languages other than English is welcome.

#esolang

New hVmark Release: v1.6.0

I added two new markers: code and centered text. And the latter accomplishes the task in the most deprecated way possible.

https://github.com/HisVirusness/hvmark

hVmark is my tiny, opinionated markup language: MIT-licensed, intentionally strict, and built to power HisVirusness.com.

#markup #webdev #indieweb #smallweb #esolang #markdown

Yet another #LLM #benchmark. 😉

EsoLang-Bench: Evaluating genuine reasoning in large language models via esoteric #programming languages https://esolang-bench.vercel.app/ #esolang #GenAI #AI

I should continue learning more Python and Lua before I continue on my esoteric programming language, PolkaPy

Imagining an #esolang based on knitting and crochet patterns. I've often thought that these are quite like code, centuries before computers. The oldest sock pattern I know of was about 70 years before Bouchon's machine.

But how? It is possible to create a fabric based on a 1D cellular automaton. (That's another one! Conus Textile has been computing with cells for millions of years!)

State-based patterns are interesting, but rare. Even though I think they can be more intuitive.

I'm making a new version of Hibrain, my BrainF based #Esolang. I've made so many incompatable versions, that I figured I should have a version number, but just picked "10". All preexisting versions can be some fraction of 10.

First line of spec:
"Hibrain 10 (Probably higher than any previous version.)" xD

Hallo an alle,

wir treffen uns diesen Donnerstag den 26.02. ab 18 Uhr im @entropia Hauptraum.

Thema ist dieses mal Esolangs. Es soll um seltene/alte Programmiersprachen und Paradigmen gehen - auch in einem interdiziplinären Kontext, Code als Kunst, Code als Widerstand. Bringt gerne eure Lieblingssprache mit.

Es wird einen Talk über Ashwood geben.
Wir bestellen gemeinsam Essen, es gibt Tee und Snacks.

Kommt gerne vorbei :)

#flinta #ccc #entropia #esolang #art #programming #ashwood

We are excited to announce the interactive talk "Esolangs as Hacker Folk-Art and Computational Resistance" by Daniel Temkin (@rottytooth) about esoteric programming languages as a community-based form of art and resistance. The talk occurs as part of our open sessions format on the 7th February at 20:00 in our club space.

More information on the talk: https://entropia.de/Open_Sessions:Agenda#2026-02-07

More infos about the speaker: https://danieltemkin.com/

#karlsruhe #esolang