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[_] The worst scripting language in the world

Jan Grant jan.grant at bristol.ac.uk
Thu Jul 3 07:59:44 BST 2008

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Chris Keegan wrote:

> Instead I found this: Malbolge. Which apparently "was designed to be the
> worst possible (most difficult and esoteric) programming language".
> 
> Check this out:
> 
> This Malbolge program displays "Hello,
> world.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_world_program>
> "
> 
>  (=<`:9876Z4321UT.-Q+*)M'&%$H"!~}|Bzy?=|{z]KwZY44Eq0/{mlk**
>  hKs_dG5[m_BA{?-Y;;Vb'rR5431M}/.zHGwEDCBA at 98\6543W10/.R,+O<

If you've an interest in seeing a serious language like this, you might 
want to have a hunt around for the original (ie, tty-based) APL.


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