3/27/2025 at 2:12:04 PM
Hi, I created this language as part of a series of experiments with bringing aspects of natural language into code. My previous language, Valence (https://danieltemkin.com/Esolangs/Valence), dealt with semantic ambiguity — this one with calligraphy. It avoids an overly logical syntax in favor of compactness and expressiveness.I’m completing a book of these esolangs for MIT Press this fall including this; not much info yet online yet but here’s the link: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553087/forty-four-esolangs/
by rottytooth
3/27/2025 at 8:54:38 PM
This is beautiful, genuinely (the SVGs are lovely bits of artwork) and it's a fun puzzle to read, and I've shared with friends that like esolangs, including your book (good luck on publishing!).In the "Data Strands" -> "Value Strands" section, you describe it as "Value strands (and other data strands), begin with a hook that points up (as in the third strand below) or to the left (as in the first two)" for the following example:
1 ╵╰──╮╭──╯╶╮
2 ─┘└─ └─╮
3
5 ╷
by Esras
3/27/2025 at 9:36:26 PM
Yes, that's a typo: the first two strands have hooks pointing up, the third to the left.I forgot to mention that you can run the interpreter with -p to convert the program to pseudo-code. This makes it much easier to tweak the examples and experiment. I'll add that to the readme, along with more pseudo-code for the example programs.
And thanks so much!! Very excited to publish (Sept 2025).
by rottytooth
3/27/2025 at 11:01:49 PM
Thanks, as I said, easy to fool yourself into thinking you're wrong when esolangs are involved.The CLI tool is fantastic. I never thought that I'd see an esolang where "ergonomics of using it" was something the author would work on. I'll play around with that some more later, thanks again!
by Esras
