Maven (famous)@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoSTOP WRITING Clemmy.worldimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1847arrow-down159
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minus-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoCan be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.
minus-squareMatFi@lemmy.thias.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 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-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoHardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.
minus-squareMinekPo1 [She/Her]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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