Strange Code : Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1718502400
ISBN-13
9781718502406
Publisher
No Starch Press,US
Imprint
No Starch Press,US
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
924 grams
Dimensions
17.80 x 23.40 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Web programming
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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.
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:
Learning to think in these languages will make you a better, more confident programmer.
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