Strange Code (Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again)

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Overview

Strengthen your overall coding skills by exploring the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric languages (esolangs).

Strange Code starts with a dive into the underlying history of programming, covering the early computer-science concepts, like Turing machines and Turing completeness, that led to the languages we use today. It then explores the realm of ā€œatypicalā€ programming languages, introducing you to the out-of-the-box thinking that comes from these unusual approaches to coding.Ā 

Later chapters address the even more unusual esolangs, nearly all of which are like nothing youā€™ve ever seen. Finally, author Ron Kneusel helps you develop and use two entirely new programming languages.Ā You may not apply these languages in your day job, but this one-of-a-kind book will motivate you to think differently about what it means to express thought through code, while discovering the far-flung boundaries of programming.
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Youā€™ll learn:
  • How to program with pictures using Piet
  • How to write two-dimensional programs in Befunge
  • How to implement machine-learning algorithms using the text pattern matching language SNOBOL
  • How to decipher Brainfuck code like [->-[>+>>]>[[-<+>]+>+>>]<<<<<]
  • How to design and create two original programming languages
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    Learning to think in these languages will make you a better, more confident programmer.

    This book title, Strange Code (Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again), ISBN: 9781718502406, by Ronald T. Kneusel, published by No Starch Press (October 18, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.

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    Product Details

    Author:
    Ronald T. Kneusel
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    496
    Publisher:
    No Starch Press (October 18, 2022)
    Language:
    English
    ISBN-13:
    9781718502406
    ISBN-10:
    1718502400
    Weight:
    33oz
    Dimensions:
    7.06" x 9.25" x 1.17"
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