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STOP WRITING C (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Maven@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] MatFi@lemmy.thias.xyz 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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?

[–] MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 10 months ago

decided to check : mandelbrot can be compressed by 87.5% by gzip on maximum compression strength

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why specifically a driver ?

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

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