Programming languages

Y started around 2001 as a language called LCD, one language transpiled to all the others. It is being redesigned for programmers who are machines. These entries follow that line, and a few others it crossed.

1. 2010
   • Write-only languagesCode no human can read, and code no compiler checks

   nothing written down for 2002–2009

2. 2001

   • SeriesThe lowest common denominator4 parts

     1. 1
        One language, transpiled to all the othersLCD, the language I never wrote
     2. 2
        Levels of denominatorWhy one lowest common denominator was never going to be enough
     3. 3
        Where the languages disagreeDivision, rounding, null, and the empty string that Oracle thinks is nothing
     4. 4
        The cost, then and nowWhy LCD would have taken years, and why that reason is mostly gone