Ask HN: Which symbolic programming languages do exist?

5 points by maksimur 3y ago ↗ HN

While there were a few discussions about non-English programming languages here on HN, what about programming languages that rely on symbols instead of natural languages? It appears that APL is one such language, are there any others?

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jjgreen 3y ago ↗

There are, but you might not like them ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck

rzzzwilson 3y ago ↗

The esoteric languages page [0] has a few, all oddball, but piet, whitespace and befunge stand out.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language

anyfoo 3y ago ↗

BQN, although that feels like cheating, because it's very much APL-derived: https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/