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== Common features ==
While esoteric programming languages differ in many ways, there are some common traits that characterize many languages, such as parody, minimalism, and the goal of making programming difficult.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Matthew |last=Fuller |title=Software studies: a lexicon |date=2008 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-06274-9 |oclc=1156851190 |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262062749/software-studies/}}</ref> Many esoteric programming languages, such as [[brainfuck]], and similar, use single characters as commands, however, it is not uncommon for languages to read line by line like conventional [[programming language]]s.
=== Unique data representations ===
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