INTERCAL, YAML, And Other Horrible Programming Languages

In 1972, two students learning FORTRAN came up with a fantastic new programming language called INTERCAL. INTERCAL is a bit unusual.

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In 1972, two students learning FORTRAN came up with a fantastic new programming language called INTERCAL. INTERCAL is a bit unusual. For example, single quotes are called sparks, and double quotes are called rabbit ears, less than (<) is an angle, and a dash (-) is a worm. This makes the manual read like a word puzzle combined with an extended in-joke…

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