The Wierd Language

A true "graphical" language by ChrisPressey, the author of BefungeLanguage, in an attempt to reduce the number of commands required in a 2-D language yet still be TuringComplete. The instruction pointer moves in directions that are multiples of 45 degrees, along lines of non-space characters. The seven instructions are encoded in the angles between the lines of characters.

Other sample programs and the language description are at http://catseye.tc/projects/wierd/

A program to print "Hello, world" in this language is visible at http://catseye.tc/projects/wierd/eg/hello.w

Is "weird" intentionally misspelled in the language name?

• It's supposed to be a cross between the words "weird" and "wired," according to the spec. See: http://catseye.tc/projects/wierd/doc/wierdspec.txt

This example program reads two digits from the console, adds them, and prints the result:

1. ****
   • *

*


• *
  • * *
    • * **
      • * *
• *****

*
****
*
*
*
*


This one, "cat", pumps input to output until EOF is read:

\ \
\ / \
\ /| \
\ -------/ | | \
\ / / | | \
/ \ / | | \ \
/ --/ | | | \
/ /---+-----+--+---- \
/ | | | | | \
\ / | | | | *
\ | | \ \ \
\ \ /-+---- \ | |
\ | | | \ \ | /
\ /- | \ ---\ x /---
\ | | -/ / \ \
\ / | / ------\
\ | /
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
| /
|/
/


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