Paradigm: Esoteric

A language not designed for “serious” usage. Usually esoteric languages are designed as a joke (INTERCAL or HQ9+), as a proof of concept or an attempt of something extremal (Brainfuck or Unary), or as a challenge to language designer or programmer.

Programming languages that support this paradigm:
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  • Befunge
    • befungee
      • befungee 0.2.0
  • Brainfuck (dialects: Boolfuck, Braincopter, Brainloller, Ook!, Pi, Smallfuck, Spoon, Unary, pbrain)
    • EsCo (Brainfuck)
      • EsCo 0.511 (Brainfuck)
    • Müller's Brainfuck
      • Müller's Brainfuck 2.0
  • Chef
    • Acme-Chef
      • Acme-Chef-1.01
  • Comment
  • FALSE
    • Morphett's FALSE
      • Morphett's FALSE
    • Wouter's FALSE
      • Wouter's FALSE 1.2.CF
  • Grocery List
    • Progopedia Grocery List
      • Progopedia Grocery List
  • Hack VM
    • Miller's Hack VM (JavaScript)
      • Miller's Hack VM (JavaScript)
    • Miller's Hack VM (Python)
      • Miller's Hack VM (Python)
  • Hanoi Love
    • Hanoi Love
      • Hanoi Love
  • HQ9+
    • Ellsässer's HQ9+
      • Ellsässer's HQ9+ 0.8
  • INTERCAL
    • C-INTERCAL
      • c-intercal 28.0
    • CLC-INTERCAL
      • CLC-INTERCAL 1.-94.-2
    • J-INTERCAL
      • J-INTERCAL 0.11
      • J-INTERCAL 0.12
  • LOLCODE
    • loljs
      • loljs 1.1
  • Malbolge
    • Olmstead's Malbolge
      • Olmstead's Malbolge
  • Piet
    • npiet
      • npiet 1.2
  • Roco
    • Roco
      • Roco 20071014
  • Shakespeare
    • Lingua::Shakespeare
      • Lingua::Shakespeare 1.00
  • Whirl
    • Whirl
      • Whirl
  • Whitespace
    • Whitespacers
      • Whitespacers (Ruby)
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