Making Esoteric Beauty Accessible: Befunge in 2025
338 | Sat 02 Aug 3 p.m.–3:25 p.m.
Presented by
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Robin Brown
https://esoterra.dev
Robin Brown is a software engineer, WebAssembly expert, compiler nerd, esoteric programming language enthusiast, and fan of indie rock, emo, and folk punk.
Robin Brown
https://esoterra.dev
Robin Brown is a software engineer, WebAssembly expert, compiler nerd, esoteric programming language enthusiast, and fan of indie rock, emo, and folk punk.
Abstract
Befunge is a 2-dimensional esoteric programming language that is stack-based with an emphasis on code being able to modify itself at runtime. It was designed to be hard to compile and entertaining. While even the most well-written Befunge looks obfuscated, with the right tools we can visualize and make accessible its concepts and strange beauty. Join Robin Brown as she teaches the basics of Befunge using new interactive tools and talks briefly about its past and future.
Befunge is a 2-dimensional esoteric programming language that is stack-based with an emphasis on code being able to modify itself at runtime. It was designed to be hard to compile and entertaining. While even the most well-written Befunge looks obfuscated, with the right tools we can visualize and make accessible its concepts and strange beauty. Join Robin Brown as she teaches the basics of Befunge using new interactive tools and talks briefly about its past and future.