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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>write-only language</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="write-only-code.html" title="write-only code"/><link rel="next" href="write-only-memory.html" title="write-only memory"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">write-only language</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="write-only-code.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="write-only-memory.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="write-only-language"/><dt xmlns="" id="write-only-language"><b>write-only language</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A language with syntax (or semantics) sufficiently dense and bizarre
that any routine of significant size is automatically
<a href="write-only-code.html"><i class="glossterm">write-only code</i></a>. A sobriquet applied occasionally to C and often to APL,
though <a href="../I/INTERCAL.html"><i class="glossterm">INTERCAL</i></a> and <a href="../T/TECO.html"><i class="glossterm">TECO</i></a>
certainly deserve it more. See also <a href="../B/Befunge.html"><i class="glossterm">Befunge</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="write-only-code.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="write-only-memory.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">write-only code </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> write-only memory</td></tr></table></div></body></html>