systemf
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esoteric programming language
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.
Design: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clever debugging approach of inserting $ breakpoints into source
From 1 comment
It's really cute how the author added $ to insert a debugging break into the source. Instead of "debugging by printf", which is a bit tedious in brainfuck, this is driving your…
greglindahl on HN
Impressive that an HTTP server was built in brainfuck
From 2 comments
So we've come to this. At least it's not another javascript framework (ducks).
le-mark on HNPlease, I have a family. Don't do this.
grabcocque on HN
Objections
Hello world example does not work
From 1 comment
It's fantastic how the author was able to get this up and running, but not the hello world example.
autotune on HN
Interpreted rather than compiled
From 1 comment
I don't know whether to be impressed or scornful that it's interpreted rather than compiled.
mi100hael on HN
Name conflicts with System F
From 1 comment
Why call it systemf? That name is already taken: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_F
bweitzman on HN
Requests
Compile to brainfuck from a high-level language
From 1 comment
I think the best approach for the Brainfuck madness is to write a compiler/transpirer from a high level language (e.g. LOLCODE) to generate Brainfuck code. Then you can write…
ww520 on HN
Questions
Is this idiomatic brainfuck?
From 1 comment
Is this idiomatic Brainfuck?
jksmith on HN
Why are there no comments or whitespace in the code?
From 1 comment
Isn't leaving comments or whitespace in brainfuck code considered bad form?
gregmac on HN
Alternatives named
ELVM compiling C to brainfuck
From 1 comment
Would it be easier to write a HTTP server in C and compile to Brainfuck using ELVM (https://github.com/shinh/elvm)?
rui314 on HN