Brainfuck
AKA BF
Summary
An esoteric programming language consisting of only eight simple commands, designed to challenge programmers and minimize compiler size.
Paradigms
imperative, structured, esoteric
Domains
Typing
untyped system, weak typing, none inference, runtime checking, none type coercion, no type annotations
Compilation
interpreted
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File extensions
b, bf
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1993 |
| Designed by | Urban Müller |
| Developed by | Urban Müller |
| PyPL Index | N/A |
| TIOBE Index | N/A |
| GitHub rank | #101 |