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Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language

by atomfinger on 4/13/2026, 6:49:55 PM

https://lindbakk.com/blog/introducing-brunost

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by: kreyenborgi

Funny :) but I think it would work better if the language not only required Nynorsk, but used Nynorsk and not Bokmål for all keywords:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ordbokene.no&#x2F;nob&#x2F;nn&#x2F;ellers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ordbokene.no&#x2F;nob&#x2F;nn&#x2F;ellers</a><p>I think I also saw &quot;ikke&quot; in there.<p>And <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ordbokene.no&#x2F;nob&#x2F;nn&#x2F;endreleg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ordbokene.no&#x2F;nob&#x2F;nn&#x2F;endreleg</a> isn&#x27;t a word in any language? The Nynorsk word for it is sadly just &quot;variabel&quot;. To make it more interesting, you could require agreement, and instead of &quot;endreleg fart&quot;, how about just using the <i>indefinite</i> article for things that are changeable since things that are changeable seem kind of indefinite:<p><pre><code> ei fart = 70 eit smell = &quot;bang&quot; eit fag = &quot;naturfag&quot; ein slutt = &quot;.&quot; </code></pre> And of course<p><pre><code> forKvar fart forKvar slutt </code></pre> but<p><pre><code> forKvart smell forKvart fag </code></pre> And if you mess up the agreement you get a red squiggly line, and for every such your grade goes down from 6 and if it&#x27;s less than 2 your program fails.

4/18/2026, 5:47:48 AM