Top 1,000 Features Creators Resources Blog Explorer Download
GitHub icon

Whitespace

< >

Whitespace is an esoteric programming language created in 2003.

#489on PLDB 21Years Old

Try now: RijuTIO

Whitespace is an esoteric programming language developed by Edwin Brady and Chris Morris at the University of Durham (also developers of the Kaya and Idris programming languages). It was released on 1 April 2003 (April Fool's Day). Its name is a reference to whitespace characters. Read more on Wikipedia...


Example from Riju:
Hello, world
Example from hello-world:
Hello #World #in #Whitespace * # # * # # # + *[Space] + #is #marked #with"#" # #[tab] #with"*" *line-feed #with #"+" * # *so +it #would +be #easier #to #write #again... #All *the *non-whitespace-characters #are *ignored... * # # + * + # # # # # * * # * * # # + * + # # # # # * * # * * * * + * + # # # # # * # # # # # + * + # # # # # * # * # * * * + * + # # # # # * * # * * * * + * + # # # # # * * * # # * # + * + # # # # # * * # * * # # + * + # # # # # * * # # * # # + * + # # # # # * # # # # * + * + # # # # # * # * # + * + # # + + +
Example from Wikipedia:
S S S T S S T S S S L T L S S S S S T T S S T S T L T L S S S S S T T S T T S S L T L S S S S S T T S T T S S L T L S S S S S T T S T T T T L T L S S S S S T S T T S S L T L S S S S S T S S S S S L T L S S S S S T T T S T T T L T L S S S S S T T S T T T T L T L S S S S S T T T S S T S L T L S S S S S T T S T T S S L T L S S S S S T T S S T S S L T L S S S S S T S S S S T L T L S S L L L

View source

- Build the next great programming language About Acknowledgements Extensions Day 630 Donate feedback@pldb.io