Editing Esoteric programming language (section)

== Cultural context ==
The cultural context of esolangs has been studied by Geoff Cox, who writes that esolangs "shift attention from command and control toward cultural expression and refusal",<ref>{{harvnb|Cox|2013|page=5}}</ref> seeing esolangs as similar to code art and code poetry, such as [[Mez Breeze]]'s [[mezangelle]], a belief shared by others in field.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The true meaning of esoteric programming languages |url=https://www.apifonica.com/en/blog/esoteric-programming-languages/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Apifonica |language=en}}</ref> Daniel Temkin describes Brainfuck as "refusing to ease the boundary between human expression and assembly code and thereby taking us on a ludicrous journey of logic,"<ref>{{cite journal|last=Temkin|first=Daniel|title=Glitch && Human/Computer Interaction|journal=NOOART: The Journal of Objectless Art|date=15 January 2014|issue=1|url=https://nooart.org/post/73353953758/temkin-glitchhumancomputerinteraction}}</ref> exposing the inherent conflict between human thinking and computer logic by deconstructing their relationship. He connects programming within an esolang to performing an event score such as those of the [[Fluxus]] movement, where playing out the irregular rules of the logic in code makes the point of view of the language clear.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Temkin|first=Daniel|title=brainfuck|url=https://median.newmediacaucus.org/tracing-newmediafeminisms/brainfuck/|journal=Media-N Journal|date=8 May 2013 |issue=Spring 2013|access-date=2023-05-01}}</ref>