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		moritzwarhier 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Princeton INTERCAL Compiler's source code Let's start with: I don't know. Also I can't read this language (BASIC variant?) and am browsing from a phone. But this line at least outputs the error message: https://github.com/rottytooth/INTERCAL72/blob/f94e0c8eaaf134... edit: probably slightly complicated :D but this makes me wonder if it's related to the source mutliplying some variable/register value by 3 in the error line: > You will need at least 3 lines of code, with one PLEASE statement among them. (from README) Just searching "PLEASE" also shows increments and a comparison with a number written in hex... so it should be easy to figure out the intercal "please" halting problem instance, right? :)

az09mugen 8 months ago [–]

Thank you so much for the time you took answering that existential question of mine! (And maybe others)

moritzwarhier 8 months ago | [–]

Thanks for your reply: apparently, sometimes questions as answers can be helpful :)

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