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> Simple pleasures are the best.
[Joy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29)
is a programming language created by Manfred von Thun that is easy to
use and understand and has many other nice properties.
**Thun** is a dialect of Joy that attempts to stay very close to
the spirit of Joy but does not precisely match the behaviour of the
original version written in C.
[Joy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29) is a
programming language created by Manfred von Thun that is easy to use and
understand and has many other nice properties. **Thun** is a dialect of
Joy that attempts to stay very close to the spirit of Joy but does not
precisely match the behaviour of the original version written in C. It
started as a Python project called Joypy, but after someone claimed the
name on PyPI before me I renamed it to Thun in honor of Manfred Von Thun
who created Joy.
Joy is:
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The best source (no pun intended) for learning about Joy is the
information made available at the
[website of La Trobe University](http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language)
| [(mirror)](https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/)
which contains source code for the original C interpreter, Joy language source code for various functions,
and a great deal of fascinating material mostly written by Von Thun on
Joy and its deeper facets as well as how to program in it and several
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* [Wikipedia entry for Joy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29)
* [Homepage at La Trobe University](http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language)
[(Kevin Albrecht's mirror)](https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/)
* [The original Thun/Joypy site](https://web.archive.org/web/20220411010035/https://joypy.osdn.io/)
## Differences of Thun to Joy
Thun currently only uses four datatypes:
* Integers, these are signed and are not bounded by machine word
length (they are
[bignums](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary-precision_arithmetic).)
* Boolean values ``true`` and ``false``.
* Lists quoted in **[** and **]** brackets.
* Symbols (names).
Thun works by [Continuation Passing Style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style).
Something else I can't remember at the mo'.
## Example Code
Here is an example of Joy code:

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<blockquote>
<p>Simple pleasures are the best.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29">Joy</a>
is a programming language created by Manfred von Thun that is easy to
use and understand and has many other nice properties.
<strong>Thun</strong> is a dialect of Joy that attempts to stay very close to
the spirit of Joy but does not precisely match the behaviour of the
original version written in C.</p>
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29">Joy</a> is a
programming language created by Manfred von Thun that is easy to use and
understand and has many other nice properties. <strong>Thun</strong> is a dialect of
Joy that attempts to stay very close to the spirit of Joy but does not
precisely match the behaviour of the original version written in C. It
started as a Python project called Joypy, but after someone claimed the
name on PyPI before me I renamed it to Thun in honor of Manfred Von Thun
who created Joy.</p>
<p>Joy is:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming">Purely Functional</a></li>
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<p>The best source (no pun intended) for learning about Joy is the
information made available at the
<a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language">website of La Trobe University</a>
| <a href="https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/">(mirror)</a>
which contains source code for the original C interpreter, Joy language source code for various functions,
and a great deal of fascinating material mostly written by Von Thun on
Joy and its deeper facets as well as how to program in it and several
interesting aspects. It's quite a treasure trove.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_%28programming_language%29">Wikipedia entry for Joy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language">Homepage at La Trobe University</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.latrobe.edu.au/humanities/research/research-projects/past-projects/joy-programming-language">Homepage at La Trobe University</a>
<a href="https://www.kevinalbrecht.com/code/joy-mirror/">(Kevin Albrecht's mirror)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220411010035/https://joypy.osdn.io/">The original Thun/Joypy site</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Differences of Thun to Joy</h2>
<p>Thun currently only uses four datatypes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Integers, these are signed and are not bounded by machine word
length (they are
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary-precision_arithmetic">bignums</a>.)</li>
<li>Boolean values <code>true</code> and <code>false</code>.</li>
<li>Lists quoted in <strong>[</strong> and <strong>]</strong> brackets.</li>
<li>Symbols (names).</li>
</ul>
<p>Thun works by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation-passing_style">Continuation Passing Style</a>.</p>
<p>Something else I can't remember at the mo'.</p>
<h2>Example Code</h2>
<p>Here is an example of Joy code:</p>
<pre><code>square_spiral [_p] [_then] [_else] ifte