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Piet Maintenance

Piet
KindProgramming language
Appeared2001
StatusMaintenance
CreatorDavid Morgan-Mar
FamilyEsoteric
Sourcewww.dangermouse.net ↗

Programs as abstract art — code lives in hue transitions across a bitmap; named for Mondrian, written in paint.

Created by David Morgan-Mar

David Morgan-Mar's Piet (2001) — a language where programs are abstract art — uses colored blocks as instructions: a Mondrian painting is literally executable.\n\nIt is the answer to 'what if code looked like art?' — and the most beautiful programs ever compiled.

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Sources

  1. dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_(programming_language)