A cherry-picked review of programming languages -- The essentials of programming languages -- Turing machines and Turing completeness -- Forth -- SNOBOL -- CLIPS -- The ABCs of ABCs -- FRACTRAN -- Piet -- Brainfuck -- Befunge -- Filska -- Using Filska -- Firefly -- Using Firefly -- Going further.
Summary:
"Beginning with a foundation in the history and theory of programming languages, then guiding readers through a tour of novel, atypical, and esoteric programming languages (esolangs), this book probes the limits and boundaries of what a programming language can be. Readers will become more knowledgeable and confident programmers by exploring the different, surprising, and often "strange" ways in which programming languages can express thought"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.