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minus-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoCan be compressed very efficiently. I do dread the thought of writing a driver in brainfuck.
minus-squareMatFi@lemmy.thias.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year 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-up2·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoHardware is complex and mysterious enough without added complexity of an esoteric language.
minus-squareMinekPo1 [it/she]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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