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Figure 1. Brainfuck in action.<\/p><\/div>\n
You can download the Brainfucking Machine if you’d dare to play with the language yourself: Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I was wrong about computers. As it turns out, I really enjoy them and I love to program. I find it relaxing, like working a puzzle. Assembly language was my favorite programming language due to its delightfully cryptic nature. Now I’ve found a language even more cryptic, almost to the point of being insane.
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\nThe programming language is called Brainf*ck.<\/p>\n
I don’t know why I’m using an asterisk in the name; pretty much everyone knows the F-dash-dash-dash word by now, it being the only truly dirty word left in the English language — a language remarkably bereft of clever insults and other swear words.<\/p>\n
Unlike English, Brainfuck is brief and precise. It was created in 1993 and you probably haven’t heard of it because of (well, first the name, and second) it’s not really designed to be a practical programming language, simply one that’s obtuse to the point of being frustrating. My guess is that it uses the extreme minimal instruction set on purpose.<\/p>\n
Figure 1 illustrates a Brainfuck compiler I downloaded, called the Brainfucking Machine. The code, barely visible as line noise atop the window, runs the traditional Hello World<\/em> program. If the code is confusing, that’s by design.<\/p>\n Figure 1. Brainfuck in action.<\/p><\/div>\n You can download the Brainfucking Machine if you’d dare to play with the language yourself: Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n