Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Homespring

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 17:28, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

Homespring[edit]

A non-notable esoteric programming language, invented by a (current) undergraduate. There's no evidence that anyone else has ever used this language. The only relevant pages I've found with Google are

The author's student web page [1]
A passing mention in a blog [2]
A brief post to a forum [3]
An interpreter has been uploaded to CPAN [4]. That doesn't mean much, because anyone can upload. (How can you run a website where anyone can make changes, anyway? Just kidding.)

In particular, there's no evidence this is anything more than a school project. It hasn't been published anywhere.

Google for Homespring programming -wiki -"water purifier" -"water treatment" -wikipedia -thefreedictionary -voyeur gets 392 hits, all irrelevant except the above. dbenbenn | talk 19:16, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Delete. dbenbenn | talk 19:16, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Delete. A lot of undergrads make their own programming languages, doesn't make them notable. – Beginning 21:48, Jan 23, 2005 (UTC)
The fact that the guy is a "mere" undergraduate is irrelevant. What is relevant is that the language is not notable. Delete. Josh Cherry 22:50, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Keep: I found it interesting. —Ashley Y 02:16, 2005 Jan 26 (UTC)
Keep. It's nifty. Bacchiad 08:34, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Comment: Agreed, it's an interesting language. But it inherently fools the reader (it fooled me!) into thinking it's more "real" than it actually is. You read it and get the impression that it's been published, or used, or studied, or something. And I couldn't figure out a way to rewrite it honestly. dbenbenn | talk 19:37, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Intercal is a noteworthy esosteric language: nobody in their right mind tries to program in it, but many people have heard of it. This is not a noteworthy language, as it is neither used nor widely known. --Carnildo 19:54, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Grue 19:59, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Delete. Non-notable. Andris 23:31, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
Delete Mozzerati 23:11, 2005 Jan 28 (UTC)

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