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parenthetic is an esoteric programming language created in 2012 by Cameron McKinnon.

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A Lisp-style language whose programs consist entirely of parentheses.


Example from hello-world:
Parenthetic - https://github.com/cammckinnon/Parenthetic ((()()())(()(()()))((()(()))((())()()()()()()())((()()(()))((())()()()()()()()()()) ((())()()()()()()()()()()))))((()()())(()(()()()))((()(())(())())((())()()()()()()( )()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(()))((()(())(())())((()( ()))(()(()()))((())()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()() )))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())( (()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))( (())()()()()()()()()()()()()()())))(()(()()()))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))(( ())()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()) )((())()()()()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()( )()()()()()()()()()()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()()()()() ()()()())))((()(())(())())((()(()))(()(()()))((())()()()))))

HackerNews discussions of parenthetic

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Show HN: A programming language that uses only parentheses 04/26/2012 55 31
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