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Re:The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding by jvanderbot on Saturday September 27, 2025 @09:48PM (#45401054)
Ok this part is prescient:

"The parody language INTERCAL was revived as C-INTERCAL, where one literally pleads with the interpreter to run their cryptic code."

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Re:The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding by bryanrasmussen on Saturday September 27, 2025 @10:05PM (#45401130)
hmm, this sounds like a job for vibe coding!
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Re:The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding by euroderf on Sunday September 28, 2025 @08:02AM (#45403711)
"ChatGPT, write me an INTERCAL compiler in INTERCAL. Take your time."
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Re:The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Coding by xpointer on Sunday September 28, 2025 @01:47PM (#45406318)
Also, the code for the original INTERCAL-72 compiler was recently re-discovered: https://esoteric.codes/blog/published-for-the-first-time-the...
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