[HN Gopher] ed.bf: text editor in Brainfuck ___________________________________________________________________ ed.bf: text editor in Brainfuck Author : aartaka Score : 67 points Date : 2023-11-27 17:15 UTC (5 hours ago) (HTM) web link (github.com) (TXT) w3m dump (github.com) | Grimburger wrote: | I love the proper formatting and explainer comments everywhere. | Almost makes it seem normal. | airstrike wrote: | I thought about stealing some of this code but I stopped when I | saw the copyright notice | pjot wrote: | The project seems to use the "DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO | PUBLIC LICENSE" | NewJazz wrote: | WHAT IF I DO WHAT I DON'T WANT? | | Am I then in violation? | pelagicAustral wrote: | I must say, not being Ken Thomson is a real struggle in my | career. | airstrike wrote: | "bf-enterprise-solutions" ROFL | morninglight wrote: | We had ChatGTP convert this from brainfuck to forth for | readability. | tayyebi wrote: | Well, this is the ed man as u wish: | https://tyyi.net/man2html/ed.html | whartung wrote: | The fact that this was done in just 430ish lines of BF really | illustrates some of BFs power that may be lost on others. | ithkuil wrote: | It also illustrates the power and simplicity of ed | AlotOfReading wrote: | 430 lines of overly verbose BF to boot. You could delete 1/3rd | to 1/2 of them by simple tricks the author hasn't used for | readability reasons. | | It's not the worst language if you're willing to work within | the constraints and frankly, more readable than a lot of C++. | My own editor (written many years ago, no meta interpreter) was | 113 characters. | oh_sigh wrote: | My company doesn't let us use brainfu*k due to a naughty language | filter - has anyone ported this to befunge? | sgift wrote: | Does your company also ban aussies? I've heard swearing is | second nature to them. | kleiba wrote: | Jeez, debugging this must have been so much fun. | nadermx wrote: | "Not being Ken Thompson is a struggle every working software | engineer has to contend with." Funny. Also brainfuck always is | intesting, hard for no other reason. | sgift wrote: | Some people just hate themselves. Really .. that's the only | reason for something like this. But props for doing it, you are | better hackers (old school variant) than me, bf-enterprise- | solutions. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-11-27 23:00 UTC)