malbolge ☆

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Description:
Deliberately difficult to program esoteric programming language

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.1.0@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: esoteric programming-language interpreter ternary academic

Install: brew install malbolge

About:
Malbolge is an esoteric programming language designed to be nearly impossible to write useful programs in. It features a ternary computer architecture and a self-modifying code system that changes instructions after each execution. This package provides the interpreter to run and experiment with code written in this deliberately hostile language.

Key Features:

Ternary computer architecture (base-3)
Self-modifying code mechanism
Designed to be Turing-complete despite extreme difficulty
Interpreter for running Malbolge programs

Use Cases:

Academic research into computational complexity
Programming language theory and design education
Code golf challenges and programming puzzles

Alternatives:

Brainfuck – Simpler esoteric language with easier syntax but similar minimalism
Befunge – 2D esoteric language focused on spatial code layout

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 3:22am	0.1.0	0	VERSION_BUMP	ec7cdbbe
Sep 13, 2024 8:13pm	0.1.0	0	VERSION_BUMP	a51edd6d