A Brainfuck interpreter written in PostScript(github.com) |
A Brainfuck interpreter written in PostScript(github.com) |
I cannot, for the life of me, see myself investing the time needed into something so futile. But I love that there are people out there who do this kind of thing out of pure joy.
I did not accomplish this.
Peak <something> would be a PostScript interpreter written in Brainf***.
I read the title and recoiled in horror, and yet I am fascinated by the project.
Personally I always thought it sounded more demeaning, kinda sounds like some less developed homosapian ancestor, almost like calling someone a neanderthal
Edit: I used it for a few years within NeWS & HyperNeWS.
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A Brainfuck interpreter written in PostScript
This program aims at being accurate, readable and minimal.
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1. These were the only compressed graphics format options available back then.
(Some other fun PS ditties at that link.)
I’m surprised it didn’t make more of a splash.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_idiocy
I saw someone on Rocket League use that term as an insult. When I said it was a slur, they said it just meant "stupid", heh. No, buddy... there's a lot more to it than that.
PostScript and Lisp are actually pretty similar when the former is used in an interactive graphical environment (i.e. not on a printer!).
But I'm very particular about syntax, so the reverse polish notation was enough to upset me. Needless to say, I appreciate Lisp for its power and conceptual simplicity but would never choose to use it.
I like pragmatic languages, with minimum boilerplate.
If I had to list: C, JavaScript, Python and PHP, in no particular order. And I like Bash too, even if it’s less a language and more just a thin veneer of control flows, loops and variables for controlling other executables, it’s still quite useful.
