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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by reactordev on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:15AM (#39590070)
Your definition of usefulness and mine differ. What you find useful, I find contrived. What I find useful, you find dull. The author was indeed serious about it, in the fact that it's a thing you can play with. Brainfuck doesn't need usefulness to exist. Typescript either. It doesn't always have to be advancing the art of programming. I'd say these fun projects advance the art of mankind.
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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by Rochus on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:14AM (#39590729)
> these fun projects advance the art of mankind

In which way?

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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by reactordev on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:12AM (#39592055)
Someone will attempt a Mozart-themed binary sort. It will cause them to either have profound insight into Mozart, or profound insight into programming. Possibly both. Paving the way for the next SoundCloud. You never know. Not everything seems as useless on the surface.
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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by Rochus on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:26AM (#39592219)
> Not everything seems as useless on the surface.

And vice versa.

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