Maven (famous) to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 6 months agoSTOP WRITING Clemmy.worldimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down160
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minus-squareMeanEYElinkfedilink6•5 months agoCan be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.
minus-square@MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyzlinkfedilink5•edit-25 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.
minus-square@dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•5 months 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-squareMinekPo1 [She/Her]linkfedilink1•5 months agodecided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength
minus-squareMeanEYElinkfedilink5•5 months agoHardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.
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?
decided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength
Why specifically a driver ?
Hardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.