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forgotpwd16yesterday at 6:54 PM2 repliesview on HN

Some well-known satire/parody languages are Omgrofl, Shakespeare, ArnoldC, but there're many more. Can check https://esolangs.org/wiki/Category:Thematic & https://esolangs.org/wiki/Category:Joke_languages. But although weird esolangs, don't see how Velda and Piet be considered satire.


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zahlmanyesterday at 7:01 PM

I would say these are just joke languages that aren't trying to parody anything or use satire.

When I think of parody or satire in programming languages, the example that comes to mind is the "C plus equality" project used for rather trolling critique of contemporary "social justice" ideology.

sedatkyesterday at 9:00 PM

INTERCAL was also a satire of the programming languages of its era, AFAIK.