alt.hn

3/31/2026 at 10:12:13 PM

RFC Esolang – RFCs as executable programs

https://esolangs.org/wiki/RFCEsolang

by beefburger

3/31/2026 at 10:12:13 PM

RFC Esolang is a programming language in which the specification document is the source code.

Requirement levels like MUST, SHOULD, and MAY act as control flow. Section numbers define labels. Packet-diagram labels serve as registers.

Executing RFC 9379 outputs the powers of two. Pre-existing RFCs MAY parse as valid programs, forming a historically accidental standard library.

by beefburger