INTERCAL - Revision history

Dan Tobias at 23:05, 6 June 2017

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Jsummers at 19:52, 6 June 2017

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Dan Tobias at 11:52, 25 April 2014

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Dan Tobias at 04:37, 24 February 2013

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Dan Tobias at 04:43, 21 December 2012

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Dan Tobias at 14:40, 20 December 2012

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 The language is actually Turing-complete, and hence capable of implementing any algorithm, though the programmer might be driven into advanced stages of insanity from the attempt.
 == References ==

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 == References ==
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]
+* [[Wikipedia:INTERCAL|INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]]
 * [http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/ Intercal Resources Page]
 * [http://www.intercaloninterstates.org/ Intercal on Interstates web framework]
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 * [http://articles.mongueurs.net/spoofathon/INTERCAL.html Why INTERCAL is better than Perl]
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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]
 * [http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/ Intercal Resources Page]
 * [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer/Intercal 99 Bottles of Beer program in INTERCAL]
 * [http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/intercal-man/ INTERCAL Manual]

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 == References ==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]
 * [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer/Intercal 99 Bottles of Beer program in INTERCAL]
 * [http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/intercal-man/ INTERCAL Manual]

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+'''INTERCAL''' is a programming language which was created in 1972 as a parody. Its constructs are designed to be maximally obtuse and incomprehensible, with statements such as '''PLEASE GIVE UP''' (which terminates the program; the "PLEASE" part is optional on any statement, but failing to use it enough causes an impoliteness error), '''WRITE IN''' (which accepts input), and '''READ OUT''' (which generates output). Later versions added the infamous '''COME FROM''' statement, the inverse of the more common '''GO TO''' (which was "considered harmful" in a [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/Go_To_Considered_Harmful.html famous computer science paper]).
 '''INTERCAL''' is a programming language which was created in 1972 as a parody. Its constructs are designed to be maximally obtuse and incomprehensible, with statements such as '''PLEASE GIVE UP''' (which terminates the program), '''WRITE IN''' (which accepts input), and '''READ OUT''' (which generates output). Later versions added the infamous '''COME FROM''' statement, the inverse of the more common '''GO TO''' (which was "considered harmful" in a [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/Go_To_Considered_Harmful.html famous computer science paper]).
 In the original version, all numeric input was done with spelled-out numbers, while all numeric output was in [[Roman numerals]]. A later variant version used ternary (base 3).

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	'''INTERCAL''' is a programming language which was created in 1972 as a parody. Its constructs are designed to be maximally obtuse and incomprehensible, with statements such as '''PLEASE GIVE UP''' (which terminates the program), '''WRITE IN''' (which accepts input), and '''READ OUT''' (which generates output). Later versions added the infamous '''COME FROM''' statement, the inverse of the more common '''GO TO''' (which was "considered harmful" in a [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/Go_To_Considered_Harmful.html famous computer science paper]).		'''INTERCAL''' is a programming language which was created in 1972 as a parody. Its constructs are designed to be maximally obtuse and incomprehensible, with statements such as '''PLEASE GIVE UP''' (which terminates the program), '''WRITE IN''' (which accepts input), and '''READ OUT''' (which generates output). Later versions added the infamous '''COME FROM''' statement, the inverse of the more common '''GO TO''' (which was "considered harmful" in a [http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/Go_To_Considered_Harmful.html famous computer science paper]).
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		+	In the original version, all numeric input was done with spelled-out numbers, while all numeric output was in [[Roman numerals]]. A later variant version used ternary (base 3).

	The language is actually Turing-complete, and hence capable of implementing any algorithm, though the programmer might be driven into advanced stages of insanity from the attempt.		The language is actually Turing-complete, and hence capable of implementing any algorithm, though the programmer might be driven into advanced stages of insanity from the attempt.

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	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERCAL INTERCAL (Wikipedia)]
	* [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer/Intercal 99 Bottles of Beer program in INTERCAL]		* [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer/Intercal 99 Bottles of Beer program in INTERCAL]
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		+	[[Category:Geek humor]]