INTERCAL

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INTERCAL

Summary

INTERCAL is an esoteric programming language[1]. INTERCAL draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (esoteric_programming_language category, ranking #4 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • INTERCAL's image is recorded as Hello World INTERCAL.png[3].
  • INTERCAL's instance of is recorded as esoteric programming language[4].
  • INTERCAL's instance of is recorded as programming language[5].
  • INTERCAL's software version identifier is recorded as 0.30[6].
  • INTERCAL's Commons category is recorded as INTERCAL[7].
  • +1972-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of INTERCAL[8].
  • INTERCAL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wxr[9].
  • INTERCAL's official website is recorded as http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/[10].
  • INTERCAL's described by source is recorded as Esolang[11].
  • INTERCAL's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as INTERCAL[12].
  • INTERCAL's Quora topic ID is recorded as Intercal[13].
  • INTERCAL's Debian stable package is recorded as intercal[14].
  • INTERCAL's programming paradigm is recorded as esoteric programming[15].
  • INTERCAL's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 119881552[16].
  • INTERCAL's Homebrew formula name is recorded as intercal[17].
  • INTERCAL's FOLDOC ID is recorded as INTERCAL[18].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include esoteric programming language[4] and programming language[5].

History and Context

+1972-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of INTERCAL[8].

Why It Matters

INTERCAL draws 207 Wikipedia views per month (esoteric_programming_language category, ranking #4 of 16).[2] INTERCAL has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] INTERCAL is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). INTERCAL. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/intercal
MLA “INTERCAL.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/intercal.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_intercal_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{INTERCAL}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/intercal}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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