Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is a joke esoteric programming language created by Dom Davis. It is identical to Brainfuck, except that the instructions are constructed of semi-colons and braces (;, {, and }) and each command is terminated with a ;. It represents another in a long line of trivial Brainfuck command substitutions. As such, it is a member of the TrivialBrainfuckSubstitution family of programming languages. It's creation was in reaction to the partial, or complete lack of semi-colons in many languages, and jokes about hiding all the braces in languages that use them. Colonoscopy is designed as a final resting place for these unloved characters.

Commands

Brainfuck	Colonoscopy	Description
>	;}	Move the pointer to the right
<	;{	Move the pointer to the left
+	;;}	Increment the memory cell under the pointer
-	;;{	Decrement the memory cell under the pointer
.	;;;}	Output the character signified by the cell at the pointer
,	;;;{	Input a character and store it in the cell at the pointer
[	{{	Jump past the matching }} if the cell under the pointer is 0
]	}}	Jump back to the matching {{

Note: each command must be followed by a ; in a Colonoscopy program.

Hello, world! program

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External resources

• Colonoscopy home