Whitespace

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Whitespace

Summary

Whitespace is an esoteric programming language[1]. Whitespace draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (esoteric_programming_language category, ranking #3 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whitespace was influenced by Brainfuck[3].
  • Whitespace is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Whitespace's image is recorded as Whitespace in vim2-recolored.png[5].
  • Whitespace's instance of is recorded as esoteric programming language[6].
  • Whitespace's instance of is recorded as programming language[7].
  • whitespace is named after Whitespace[8].
  • Whitespace's Commons category is recorded as Whitespace (programming language)[9].
  • +2003-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Whitespace[10].
  • Whitespace's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01d2vj[11].
  • Whitespace's official website is recorded as http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/[12].
  • Whitespace's described by source is recorded as Esolang[13].
  • Whitespace's Quora topic ID is recorded as Whitespace[14].
  • Whitespace's programming paradigm is recorded as esoteric programming[15].
  • Whitespace's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780733508[16].

Body

Geography

Whitespace is in the country of United Kingdom[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include esoteric programming language[6] and programming language[7].

History and Context

+2003-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Whitespace[10]. whitespace is named after Whitespace[8].

Why It Matters

Whitespace draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (esoteric_programming_language category, ranking #3 of 16).[2] Whitespace has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Whitespace. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace
MLA “Whitespace.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_whitespace_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Whitespace}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/whitespace}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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