- What is Whitespace? Most modern programming languages do not
consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines)
syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren't there. We consider
this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly friendly members
of the character set. Should they be ignored, just because they
are invisible? Whitespace is a language that seeks to redress
the balance. Any non whitespace characters are ignored; only
spaces, tabs and newlines are considered syntax. - What are the
advantages of Whitespace? Some things which are difficult in
other languages are made much easier in Whitespace. For example,
literate programming is simply a matter of writing your helpful
comments in between program instructions. It's also easy to
encrypt your programs. Simply write a misleading comment!
Whitespace is a particularly useful language for spies. Imagine
you have a top secret program that you don't want anyone to see.
What do you do? Simply print it out and delete the file, ready
to type in at a later da