Brainf**k Macros

[AeroASM]

For those who don't know, Brainf**k is a minimalist programming language with 8 instructions, with no operands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck

Someone somewhere wrote a Brainf**k interpreter where you could define your own macros, to make programming easier.
And so I thought, why not use the incredible parsing power of MASM macros?

This is only a basic implementation of the instructions; in the next release I will include some macros. I eventually hope to turn it into a C-style compiler, built on top of Brainf**k.

There are two files: bf.asm contains the basic macros to "assemble" Brainf**k, and test.asm is a sample program that counts from 0 to 9 and then beeps.

[Vortex]

Concerning this amazing language, which can of syntax is that? :green

[Bieb]

Might I ask you what the hell actually inspired to do anything brainfuck related?

[AeroASM]

Boredom. I thought it might be interesting, tried it out, then gave up.

[Citric]

Sounds cool

Have you written, anything in MASM?

Cheer Adam

[Phil]

Is the BF language strong enough to allow the creation of a self-replicating program?

  You know, like:

     c:>type self-rep.source
     abcdefxydebc

     ; then assemble and link to create an exe

     c:>self-rep.exe
     abcdefxydebc

     Sounds like it might be ideal for that!

[AeroASM]

Yes, it is possible; such a program is called a "quine"

[Phil]

Here's a link to self-replicating C quines! The smallest one is really sweet:

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main(a){printf(a,34,a="main(a){printf(a,34,a=%c%s%c,34);}",34);}

I managed to write one once but mine was more like the 80-line variety with a ton of constant data to do the trick. I'd guess that a BF quine could be a lot short than the C source above!

[Bieb]

But BF can't write to files.

[Eóin]

I believe that a quine need only output its source code to standard out or something similar. Following a link from the page posted by Phil there are examples in many other languages, including BBF.

http://www.nyx.net/~gthompso/quine.htm