INTERCAL (Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym) is an esoteric programming language created in 1972 by Don Woods and James M. Lyon as a parody, intended to poke fun at the various shortcomings of other contemporary programming languages, and it has been described as deliberately unlike any other programming language before or since. INTERCAL requires programmers to use commands such as PLEASE, and is generally considered the first esoteric programming language.
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First Released SignificanceParody esoteric language intended to be completely different from all other computer languages 2 Connections
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1. Wikidata: INTERCAL
- Wikidata Q1054365, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1054365 P571 (inception)
View the Source2. INTERCAL, Wikipedia
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students, in 1972. It satirizes aspects of the various programming languages at the time,
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INTERCAL was intended to be completely different from all other computer languages.
- In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead paragraph
In Group: Parody and Themed Esoteric Languages, Lead
The Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym (INTERCAL) is an esoteric programming language that was created as a parody by Don Woods and James M. Lyon, two Princeton University students, in 1972.
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