Befuddled

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The body of this puzzle is a program written in Befunge, an esoteric programming language.

input

The Befunge program expects a five-character input.

Names of esoteric programming languages are hidden throughout the Befunge program; they correspond to the languages that the program outputs are written in.

Each of the new programs (outputs of the Befunge program) has a missing character, marked by an X.

extract

Arrange the replacement characters necessary to make the programs work in order (by input appearance in the flavor text) to obtain a clue.

Arrange the final program outputs (each a single capital letter) in order (by input appearance in the flavor text). Using the obtained output word, follow the instructions.

extract

Two separate things should piece together to give the final puzzle answer.

THIS PUZZLE IS FROM 1993. THE SOURCE CODE'S INTACT. THE OUTPUTS, THOUGH...
USAGE: INPUT FIELD VALUE, WATCH

    

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