BrainSoup

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BrainSoup is a language that translates any trivial bf substitution into bf. User:PixelatedStarfish is the author of this metalanguage. The first 8 lines of any BrainSoup program are reserved for bf command substitutions. Line 9 is a newline. Source code in the bf equivalent can be written from Line 10. The file extension for source is .bsou

Command Lines Table

Command	Description	Line
>	Move the pointer to the right	Line 1
<	Move the pointer to the left	Line 2
+	Increment the memory cell at the pointer	Line 3
-	Decrement the memory cell at the pointer	Line 4
.	Output the character signified by the cell at the pointer	Line 5
,	Input a character and store it in the cell at the pointer	Line 6
[	Jump past the matching ] if the cell at the pointer is 0	Line 7
]	Jump back to the matching [ if the cell at the pointer is nonzero	Line 8

BrainSoup Examples

A Hello World in this Alphabet Based Substitution

a
c
e
i
j 
o
p
s

eeeeeeeepaeeeepaeeaeeeaeeeaeccccisaeaeaiaaepcscis
aajaiiijeeeeeeejjeeejaajcijcjeeejiiiiiijiiiiiiiijaaejaeej

Interpreter Specifications

The interpreter does the following:

• Translates BrainSoup into bf.
• Translates bf into a trivial substitution.
• Runs bf code.

External Links

• Java Interpreter
• Repl
  • This REPL is currently not working (likely due to a change in Replit's system), but forking it will automatically upgrade the new fork and allow using it.