Home›Esoteric Language›All Esoteric LanguageBrowse ByAll Esoteric LanguageFactsAll Esoteric LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1972 CE 1All Esoteric LanguageFilter Results13 entriesFirst ReleasedAll1972 (1)1993 (2)1998 (1)2007 (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 13ArnoldCEsoteric LanguageBefungeEsoteric LanguageBrainfuckEsoteric LanguageChefEsoteric LanguageFRACTRANEsoteric LanguageINTERCALEsoteric LanguageLOLCODEEsoteric LanguageMalbolgeEsoteric LanguageOok!Esoteric LanguagePietEsoteric LanguageShakespeare Programming LanguageEsoteric LanguageUnlambdaEsoteric LanguageWhitespaceEsoteric LanguageSources1. Wikipedia: Esoteric programming languagetier 2WikipediaEsoteric programming language, History sectionQuote, Esoteric programming language, History sectionThe earliest, and still the canonical example of an esoteric programming language, is INTERCAL, designed in 1972 by Don Woods and James M. Lyon, who said that their intention was to create a programming language unlike any with which they were familiar, namely FORTRAN, BASIC, COBOL, ALGOL, SNOBOL, SPITBOL, FOCAL, SOLVE, TEACH, APL, LISP, and PL/I.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.