Editing Esoteric programming language (section)

=== Parody and spoof ===
One of the aims of esoteric programming languages is to parody or spoof existing languages and trends in the field of programming.<ref name=":2" /> For instance, the first esoteric language INTERCAL began as a spoof of languages used in the 1960s, such as [[APL (programming language)|APL]], [[Fortran]], and [[COBOL]]. INTERCAL's rules appear to be the inverse of rules in these other languages.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gaboury |first=Jacob |chapter=Critical Unmaking: Toward a Queer Computation |date=2018 |doi=10.4324/9781315730479-50 |editor=Jentery Sayers |title=The Routledge Companion to Media Studies and Digital Humanities |pages=483–491 |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-73047-9}}</ref> However, the subject of parody is not always another established programming language. [[Shakespeare Programming Language|Shakespeare]] can be viewed as spoofing the structure of Shakespearean plays, for instance. The language Ook! is a parody of [[Brainfuck]], where Brainfuck's eight commands are replaced by various orangutan sounds like "Ook. Ook?"<ref name=":1" />