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PERPLEX is an esolang created by Jussef Swissen (A pseudonym.) in 2014. It's basically a over-complicated version of BASIC. For example, PRINT is now INSCRIBE. Here's a list of the complicated commands.
| BASIC | PERPLEX |
|---|---|
| INSCRIBE | |
| NEXT | CONSEQUENT |
| INPUT | DATA-PROMPT |
| IF | ON-THE-OCCASION-THAT |
| ELSE | CONTRAST |
| GOTO | ADVANCETO |
| string ($) | lex (-L-) |
| LOCATE | ESTABLISH |
| COLOR | PIGMENTATION |
| number(%) | CONSTANT(-C-) (As in algebra.) |
| equal(=) | ASSIGN(-@-) |
| FOR | CONSIDERING |
| TO | PROCEED |
| STEP | TREAD |
| REM | DISREGARD |
| THEN | THEREUPON |
| ELSEIF | CONTRAST-ON-THE-OCCASION-THAT |
| WHILE | WHILST |
| UNTIL | PRIOR-TO |
| DO | PERFORM |
| LOOP | REITERATE |
| CLS | ERASE PREVIOUS CODE (EPC) |
| END | CONCLUDE |
Here is a hello, world program in PERPLEX.
10 EPC 20 INSCRIBE "Hello, world!" 30 CONCLUDE
This language can do everything Commodore 64 BASIC can. A 99 bottles of beer program is being worked on.