LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by the informal grammar and vocabulary of lolspeak and image macros from the lolcat internet meme, created by Adam Lindsay in 2007 at Lancaster University's Infolab21 research centre. LOLCODE syntax uses phrases like HAI to begin a program and KTHXBYE to end one, and while conceived largely as a joke, it is a fully working, Turing-complete language with numerous community-built interpreters and compilers.
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First Released SignificanceNot clearly defined in terms of operator priorities and correct syntax, but with several functioning interpreters and compilers 2 Connections
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Source LOLCODE, Wikipedia
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1. Wikidata: LOLCODE
- Wikidata Q513238, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q513238 P571 (inception)
View the Source2. LOLCODE, Wikipedia
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The language was created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, a researcher at the Computing Department of
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The language is not clearly defined in terms of operator priorities and correct syntax, but several functioning interpreters and compilers exist.
In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead sentence
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme.
In Group: Parody and Themed Esoteric Languages, Lead
LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by lolspeak, the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme.
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