Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language

Brunost, a cheeky new programming language named after Norway’s famous goat cheese, has one rule: use Nynorsk or get blocked. The creator brags it’s “fast-ish” thanks to Zig (a speedy, low-level language), and even ships a dictionary to reject non‑Nynorsk names. Cue the comment section meltdown. Language purists pounced, claiming the code isn’t “pure” enough: one sharp-eyed reader flagged Bokmål words sneaking in like “ellers” (see ordbokene), another swore they spotted “ikke,” and a third wagged a finger at “kalkuler” instead of more Norwegian-ish alternatives. The grammar police also descended on “endreleg,” arguing that suffixes don’t work like that in formal Nynorsk.

But it wasn’t all red ink and rolled eyes. Some Norwegians were charmed, saying they’d finally brush up on Nynorsk thanks to Brunost, while a Dutch commenter breezed through the example and declared, “I’m sold.” Meanwhile, the crowd delighted in the accidental humor: the sample code uses “fast fart,” which, for English speakers, sounds like a biohazard. One commenter rushed to clarify that in Norwegian, fast means firm, fart means speed—no whoopee cushions involved.

Between the bold claim “Python and JavaScript are going down!” and the strict language-enforcement vibes, Brunost became a culture-clash candy: half linguistic crusade, half meme factory—and everyone’s snacking on it.