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Show HN: Cocytus – an esolang where freezes after N accesses

Updated September 27, 2026 · 12:02 AM · source date September 26, 2026

Summary

Show HN: Cocytus – an esolang where freezes after N accesses Malbolge was named after Malebolge, Dante's eighth circle of Hell, and was built on the reasonable assumption that programming had become far too pleasant. Dante provided a ninth circle.

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Key facts
  • Malbolge was named after Malebolge, Dante's eighth circle of Hell, and was built on the reasonable assumption that programming had become far too pleasant.
  • Dante provided a ninth circle.
  • Cocytus is the frozen lake at the bottom of Hell, divided into Caina, Antenora, Ptolomaea and Judecca.
  • Those names are not decoration.
  • Version 0.1 made the machine executable.
  • Version 0.2 required the compiler to survive itself.
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