From: Chad Perrin <code@...>
Date: 2011-04-05T03:07:31+09:00
Subject: Re: functional paradigm taking over

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On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 12:42:20AM +0900, Johnny Morrice wrote:
> >
> > I have not seen "befunge" as a euphemism for brainfuck before.  Is
> > that common?
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> It's a different language, befunge is a 2d language.

Thanks for the clarification.


>
> Your text file is like a grid.  IIRC, among the commands > < ^ v change
> direction right, left, up and down, respectively.  So this would be an
> infinite loop:
>=20
> >v
> ^<

Would this produce an infinite loop as well?

    v>
    ^<


>=20
> Hey, I don't know if there's a ruby interpreter for it!  Making one
> would definitely be a fun evening with a beer.
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> Nor seemingly does there seem to be an interpreter in excel...
> actually I think Excel would be great for this sort of thing, seeing as
> it's a 2d grid.

That makes sense -- and could be another fun evening with a beer.  Just
don't ask me to use it to write a Web application for any purpose other
than to demonstrate being able to do so.  Actually, don't even ask me to
do it for that reason.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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