• MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

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

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      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.

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      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?

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