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[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 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.

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 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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