Category:Brainf***
This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.
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Also known as Brainfuck. Created by Urban Müller in 1993 in an attempt to create the world's smallest Turing-complete compiler. It is noted as an esoteric programming language, as it is not ordinarily used for applications development, but it also noted as being a minimalist language.
The complete specification for the language can be summed up with the following eight symbols:
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>
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increment the pointer (to point to the next cell to the right). |
<
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decrement the pointer (to point to the next cell to the left). |
+
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increment (increase by one) the byte at the pointer. |
-
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decrement (decrease by one) the byte at the pointer. |
.
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output the value of the byte at the pointer. |
,
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accept one byte of input, storing its value in the byte at the pointer. |
[
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jump forward to the command after the corresponding ] if the byte at the pointer is zero.
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]
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jump back to the command after the corresponding [ if the byte at the pointer is nonzero.
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Alternatively, the ] command may instead be translated as an unconditional jump to the corresponding [ command, or vice versa; programs will behave the same but will run more slowly.
All other symbols, including traditional whitespace characters, are interpreted as comments.
Due to this minimal instruction set, Brainf*** is used as an introduction to compilers and has even been successfully implemented as a microprocessor core and the foundation to an operating system using a slightly extended syntax for output.
See also
- RCBF - BF interpreters as a Rosetta Code task
Citations
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
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- Brainf*** examples needing attention (empty)
- Brainf*** Implementations (32 P)
- Brainf*** User (36 P)
Pages in category "Brainf***"
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