Folders: the esolang that stores programs purely in nested directory structures hits HN
gurst · hn · 2026-10-16
Daniel Temkin's esoteric programming language Folders made the Hacker News front page. The language encodes entire programs in the nesting structure of directories alone—no file contents are used. The project page documents its encoding rules and sample programs, sparking discussion on HN.
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