01:41:30 -!- cmeme has quit (calvino.freenode.net irc.freenode.net). 01:41:30 -!- kosmikus|away has quit (calvino.freenode.net irc.freenode.net). 02:56:38 -!- kosmikus|away has joined. 02:56:38 -!- cmeme has joined. 07:59:59 -!- clog has quit (ended). 08:00:00 -!- clog has joined. 09:21:54 -!- kosmikus|away has changed nick to kosmikus. 17:02:56 -!- calamari_ has joined. 17:03:01 hello 17:08:23 hello. how goes the brainf*ck-c? 18:10:55 haven't worked on it much.. been job hunting :( 18:11:12 had a chance to mess around this morning 18:11:51 I'm pondering whether I should really do c, or just a c-type language so that I don't have to worry about ansi 18:21:15 gotta clear the phone line..bbl 18:21:18 -!- calamari_ has quit ("Leaving"). 19:44:33 -!- kosmikus has changed nick to kosmikus|away. 22:44:21 Why is brainfuck so damn cool. 22:45:09 it's beautifully symmetrical 22:45:44 like a regular crystal structure 22:45:46 Yes. 22:46:13 none of this "subtract and jump if negative" 22:46:53 you could have a language with two instructions. 22:47:02 "subtract and jump if negative" and "add and jump if positive" 22:47:34 I was trying to remember a one-instruction one 22:47:44 not sure if I succeeded 22:47:50 You have. 22:48:07 ah, I see what you meant 22:48:15 What brainfuck needs is a better macro system. 22:48:32 there're several, but everybody insists on writing their own. 22:48:38 no, that's what programmers need 22:49:37 Ok. 22:49:56 Are you subscribed to friends-of-brainfuck? 22:50:23 I think so 22:50:32 I mainly get spam, though 22:50:57 do they ever discuss anything worthwile? 22:53:06 ah, it's become more relevant recently 22:53:30 I'm especially interested in optimizing compilation. 22:54:25 > (Personally I've made a 22:54:25 > practice of not using negative numbers at all. They're never 22:54:25 > necessary.) 22:54:25 Oh, well, I'd wish you to write the next version of the accounting 22:54:25 software my bank uses for my giro account :-) 22:55:38 I don't even know what the current state of the art is wrt optimizing bf compilers :( 22:58:59 215723Z #esp http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~sdh300/stuffage/bf.net/ 22:58:59 215725Z #esp Title: BrainFuck.Net (at www.ecs.soton.ac.uk) 22:58:59 215733Z #esp best bit: [[[ 22:58:59 215733Z #esp # Does BrainFuck.Net use the controversial Microsoft Passport system for authentication? 22:58:59 215733Z #esp No. The Brainfuck language has only 8 commands, and none of them are related to authentica 22:59:00 ting remote network users. 22:59:02 215734Z #esp ]]] 23:00:43 220014Z #esp hello #esoteric 23:03:14 I know the guy who wrote that. 23:03:38 Not IRL but in another, totally unrelated online community. 23:04:20 what's #esp? 23:49:40 -!- Toreun has joined.