Strange Code : Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again

Ronald T Kneusel

ISBN 10: 1718502400 / ISBN 13: 9781718502406

Published by No Starch Press Sep 2022, 2022

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Neuware - Strengthen your overall coding skills by exploring the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric languages (esolangs).Strange Code starts with a dive into the underlying history of programming, covering the early computer-science concepts, like Turing machines and Turing completeness, that led to the languages we use today. It then explores the realm of atypical programming languages, introducing you to the out-of-the-box thinking that comes from these unusual approaches to coding.Later chapters address the even more unusual esolangs, nearly all of which are like nothing you ve ever seen. Finally, author Ron Kneusel helps you develop and use two entirely new programming languages.You may not apply these languages in your day job, but this one-of-a-kind book will motivate you to think differently about what it means to express thought through code, while discovering the far-flung boundaries of programming.You ll learn:How to program with pictures using PietHow to write two-dimensional programs in BefungeHow to implement machine-learning algorithms using the text pattern matching language SNOBOLHow to decipher Brainfuck code like [->-[>+>>]>[[-]+>+>>]How to design and create two original programming languagesLearning to think in these languages will make you a better, more confident programmer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strange Code : Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again
• Publisher: No Starch Press Sep 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1718502400
• ISBN 13: 9781718502406
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 179H x 32D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 179 millimeters height by 32 millimeters depth
• Weight: 924 grams

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Synopsis

Strengthen your overall coding skills by exploring the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric languages (esolangs).

Strange Code starts with a dive into the underlying history of programming, covering the early computer-science concepts, like Turing machines and Turing completeness, that led to the languages we use today. It then explores the realm of “atypical” programming languages, introducing you to the out-of-the-box thinking that comes from these unusual approaches to coding. 

Later chapters address the even more unusual esolangs, nearly all of which are like nothing you’ve ever seen. Finally, author Ron Kneusel helps you develop and use two entirely new programming languages. You may not apply these languages in your day job, but this one-of-a-kind book will motivate you to think differently about what it means to express thought through code, while discovering the far-flung boundaries of programming.
 
You’ll learn:

How to program with pictures using Piet

How to write two-dimensional programs in Befunge

How to implement machine-learning algorithms using the text pattern matching language SNOBOL

How to decipher Brainfuck code like [->-[>+>>]>[[-<+>]+>+>>]<<<<<]

How to design and create two original programming languages

 
Learning to think in these languages will make you a better, more confident programmer.

About the Author

A programming language enthusiast, Ronald T. Kneusel’s experience with programming languages began circa 1980 when he first encountered an Apple II computer. Decades later, he completed a PhD in machine learning from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and now works in the industry developing deep learning systems. He is the author of Practical Deep Learning: A Python-Based Introduction (No Starch Press), Math for Deep Learning (No Starch Press), Numbers and Computers (Springer), and Random Numbers and Computers (Springer).