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STOP WRITING C (lemmy.world)
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[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago
[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

For the programmer? Very no.

For saving space if run via interperter? No.

For running compiled for conventional CPUs? No.

Compared to CISC instruction sets? Absolutely no.

BF might be highly efficient if crunched down to a bit-packed representation (3 bits per instruction) and run on an FPGA that understands it.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago

For demonstrating to CS freshmen that Turing Completeness isn't that remarkable of a language feature: very highly efficient.

[-] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 9 months ago

its efficient in terms of compiler size ! nya

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Can be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.

[-] MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyz 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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.

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

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?

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago
[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Hardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.

[-] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 9 months ago

decided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength

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