In 2000, the programmatic browser differences were perplexing, so I made a tool to help manage the problem. I started with something similar toecomcon(seeHow JavaScript Works, Chapter 23). I would have special markers in the source that designated sections of code that would only be delivered to particular browsers.
The convention of combining angle brackets with special characters was popularized by PHP. I chose~tildebecause it is rarely used in HTML, JavaScript, or English.
I then thought to add variables.
If a variable could contain a sequence of digits, I should be able to add them.
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At this point I should have noticed that this language was going to be inexcusably ugly, but astonishingly, I did not notice at the time. I kept pushing on, inspired by better languages like TRAC and LISP. I determined that this was the wrong approach for dealing with browser incompatibility, but I completed the language anyway. I named itTiltonafterRobert Tilton, a television faith healer and speaker of tongues. I believe thatTiltonis the ugliest programming language that was not intended to be an ugly programming language.
I do not expect anyone to useTilton, but I useTiltonevery day. Thejson.orgsite is managed withTilton.So is this one.
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