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minus-squareMeanEYElinkfedilink6•3 years agoCan be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•edit-23 years ago Can be compressed very efficiently. Which basically means: “You have to write more code than actually needed”. It’s more a con than a pro in my eyes.
minus-squareDejected Warp Corelinkfedilink2•3 years agoHot take: As a VM with only eight instructions, it’s very easy to code and securely sandbox. Maybe BF has utility as a compilation target?
minus-squareMeanEYElinkfedilink5•3 years agoHardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.
minus-squareMinekPo1 [it/she]linkfedilink1•3 years agodecided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength
Can be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.
Which basically means: “You have to write more code than actually needed”. It’s more a con than a pro in my eyes.
Hot take: As a VM with only eight instructions, it’s very easy to code and securely sandbox. Maybe BF has utility as a compilation target?
Why specifically a driver ?
Hardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.
decided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength