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Esoteric programming language where all you've got is a deck of cards
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ANTE Ante is an esoteric programming language where all you've got is a deck of playing cards. FOUR REGISTERS, ZERO INITIALIZED ♦ ♥ ♠ ♣ OPERATORS, SEQUENTIAL PRECEDENCE ♦ # Add ♥ # Multiply ♠ # Subtract ♣ # Divide SYNTAX 2-9[x]... # Assignment; the suit of first card designates # target register A[x] # Current value of register [x] (the Ace aces it) K[x] # Jump to the last Q[x] label if A[x] != 0 (go see the Queen) Q[x] # Label (the Queen is waiting) J[x] # Print A[x] as character (Jack shows the goods) 10[x] # Print A[x] as number Kings and Queens can have twins, triplets, etc. of the same suit. While single K♥ goes to Q♥, K♥K♥ twins will go to Q♥Q♥ and so on. EXAMPLE # 15.times { |i| print i } 3♥ 5♥ # ♥ = 3 * 5 Q♥ # Label 10♦ # Print current value of ♦ A♦ 3♦ 2♠ # ♦ = ♦ + 3 - 2 A♥ 3♠ 2♦ # ♥ = ♥ - 3 + 2 K♥ # Jump to Q♥ if ♥ != 0 For more examples check out samples/*.ante files including Yusuke Endoh's mind-boggling Ante quine (the program that prints itself): https://github.com/michaeldv/ante/blob/master/samples/quine.ante LICENSE Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Michael Dvorkin Ante is freely distributable under the terms of MIT license.
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