Befunge n.
A worthy companion to INTERCAL; a
computer language family which escapes the quotidian limitation of
linear control flow and embraces program counters flying through
multiple dimensions with exotic topologies. Sadly, the Befunge home
page has vanished, but a Befunge version of the hello world
program is at
http://www.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/befunge.html.
A worthy companion to INTERCAL; a
computer language family which escapes the quotidian limitation of
linear control flow and embraces program counters flying through
multiple dimensions with exotic topologies. Sadly, the Befunge home
page has vanished, but a Befunge version of the hello world
program is at
http://www.latech.edu/~acm/helloworld/befunge.html.
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