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		shiandow on Dec 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tree Calculus Well really this language just takes the next logical step by removing all but a single symbol. The next one would be () = t, to finally get a language consisting solely of parentheses.

Tainnor on Dec 10, 2024 [–]

Any source code in any programming language can in theory be encoded in unary, requiring only a single symbol (and without any need for extra grouping or whitespace). It's not gonna be efficient, though.

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