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They can be interesting if they have something new to say, but otherwise, meh. Like, intercal is funny because its an old joke specification never intended to be implemented that was written by someone who was actually funny. That it can actually be impleneted and used as a real language is almost extraneous to the point. Brainfuck, likewise is interesting because it has some novel features that in the process demonstrate a few interesting features of computability. And Malbolge is interesting for the the fact its utterly unprogrammable in practice although attempted to be proveably programmable in theory (Turns out it wasnt turing complete due to a memory constraint, but the attempt was laudable at least) But theres a sea of clones that add nothing, and aren't really that funny either. duck monster fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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Esoteric languages are interesting in so far as they try out some strange new idea about how to code and prove its possible, even if insanely hard. This makes brainfuck interesting, and any given stack language uninteresting (Why do it, when forth proves the point elegantly and cleanly). Of course something like malbolge is interesting because despite the best efforts of its creator you can theoretically write software in it. And Intercal is actually just really funny (No serious, google the original spec, its classic old world computer humor) But theres if your not actually funny (your not), or you have nothing novel to add other than obsfucation, your esoteric language wont ever be interesting.
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