Strange Code: Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again
Author: Ronald T. Kneusel(Author)
Publisher finelybook 出版社: No Starch Press (September 27, 2022)
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 496 pages
ISBN-10: 1718502400
ISBN-13: 9781718502406
Book Description
By finelybook
Strengthen your overall coding skills Author: 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.
