Explore the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric programming languages. Beginning with the history and theory of programming languages, addressing concepts like Turing machines and Turing completeness. Then a tour of three 'atypical' programming languages, real languages that are unusual and require out of the box thinking. Then, five chapters on existing esoteric languages (esolangs). Finally, the remaining chapters detail the development and use of two entirely new programming languages.

About the Author
A programming language enthusiast, Ronald T. Kneusel's experience with programming languages began circa 1980 when he first encountered an Apple II computer. Decades later, he completed a PhD in machine learning from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and now works in the industry developing deep learning systems. He is the author of Practical Deep Learning: A Python-Based Introduction (No Starch Press), Math for Deep Learning (No Starch Press), Numbers and Computers (Springer), and Random Numbers and Computers (Springer).

Reviews
"A fascinating and thought-provoking tour through programming languages. Strange Code guides you through some mostly forgotten languages-such as Forth, SNOBOL, and CLIPS-before exploring more experimental languages-such as Piet-where your source code is an image. I particularly enjoyed Firefly, a language for the BBC micro:bit, created especially for the book."
-Sean McManus, Author of Mission Python: Code a Space Adventure Game!

"[Gives] a grounding in the basics of concepts like Turing Completeness without leaving readers to fend for themselves in a forest of of dense computer science arcana. As a reference and source for teachers, Strange Code has much to commend it."
-Terry Freedman, Teach Secondary magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781718502406
Author Ronald T. Kneusel
Format Paperback
Page Count 496
Imprint No Starch Press,US
Publisher No Starch Press,US