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Esoteric programing languages is the term you both are looking for. I think the Zachtronic languages fit firmly in there somewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_programming_language



Usually I see that term applied to Turing tarpits, intentionally obfuscated languages, joke/meme languages, or ones with highly heterodox syntax. Zachtronic languages are really none of these and closer to an assembly (reduced) instruction set architecture. What makes them toy-like languages is that the "machine" you're writing assembly for is rather oversimplified, and is in fact totally fictitious.




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