Love Languages
Reimagining English Syntax Trees as a Turing Complete Language
Abstract. This project reimagines the syntax structure of the English language as a Turing Complete programming language. I present a schema to convert syntax trees into Brainfuck (bf) programs. Under this schema, I then explore two approaches for converting bf programs into syntax trees that represent functionally-equivalent programs. A final algorithm assigns words to completed syntax trees, generating executable sentences, and connects the results and processes of this project to Christopher Strachey’s Love Letter Algorithm. This positions my programming Love Language as a response to one of the first examples of computer-generated literature and as an instance of queer computer art itself.
