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... but r U red e to h8 LOL? xx
While we are on the subject of odd languages, Richard Murrell brings LOLCODE to our attention, defined as “an esoteric programming language inspired by the pidgin English expressed in examples of the LOLCAT internet meme”. What they mean is, it’s a made- up language based on text messages. Richard gives us this example:
HAI
CAN HAS STDIO?
I HAS A VAR
IM IN YR LOOP
UP VAR!!1
IZ VAR BIGGER THAN 10?
KTHX
VISIBLE VAR
IM OUTTA YR LOOP
KTHXBYE
This from Google: “Loops lack counters or conditions, and thus do not cease inherently. They must be manually broken with the GTFO...command”. A language worthy of our attention, you must admit.
Any LOLcoders, please continue our education.
Wow. I never expected to see LOLCODE mentioned here. I started the LOLCODE joke just under a year ago, and it's led to some strange places.
LOLCODE hasn't set the world on fire as a teaching language, but it's made an impressive showing as a "Hello World" for compiler writers and virtual machine implementors.
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Posted by :Adam Lindsay | May 19, 2008 1:28 PM