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How to have Fun Programming: BounceF*ck

Everyone knows that programming can get a bit boring after a while. How many times have you not become bored of writing your code just like you write text, line after line, from left to right? Most have.

That is where esoteric programming languages come into the picture. From Wikipedia:

An esoteric programming language (sometimes shortened to esolang) is a programming language designed as a test of the boundaries of computer programming language design [...]

Give yourself a challenge and test your boundaries, too. In BounceFuck, the code is written in a two-dimensional matrix, and the code flow can be redirected into eight different directions with mirrors and arrows.

Here is the Hello World example from the BounceFuck main page:

/     Q/++++++\\
Q/\\/\\/\\Q/!}| _+
$++++++\\.!++{\\|
/++++++/+++.\\.+
\\++++++\\++++Q++
/++++++/\\O - ++
\\++++++\\  -/+++\\
/++++++/ -/\\++/
\\/\\/\\/\\.Q----\\ /
/-.+++.OQ----/
\\-----.Q
       .

I’ve also written an online interpreter for BounceFuck in PHP.

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Posted September 18, 2006 in BounceFuck » Programming.

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Hee hee hee. Our list is up as well if you’d like to check it out!!

Comment by MamaDuck — September 19, 2006 @ 2:32 pm

I can’t see it, I can’t see it…ahh…it reminds me of those 3-D pictures where you have to blur your eyes to see the picture..I feel like a reject from NJ! My name is Deb and I can’t see what it’s supposed to be. :\

Comment by Jersey Girl — September 19, 2006 @ 5:04 pm

Huh - and here I thought those programming guys were just cussing.

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Comment by Northern Girl — September 19, 2006 @ 5:44 pm

Deb, it’s not supposed to be anything except code that prints “HELLO WORLD”. Looks like a game of nethack though :)

Comment by Tim — September 19, 2006 @ 5:49 pm

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