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arthur whitney's b interpreter translated into a more traditional flavor of C

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 0 stories, 7 comments · first 2019-03-26 · latest 2024-12-24

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  1. …it's possible to write fairly concise code in most languages if you actually try. See e.g. https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded/blob/master/b.c
    comment by lmm · 2024-12-24 · in Ask HN: Programmers who don't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it?
  2. …user "yiyus" goes through the code line-by-line adding detailed notes for comprehension. Also see https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded
    comment by rramadass · 2024-01-06 · in Origins of J
  3. I used to believe this but i don't anymore. From https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded Arthur is famous for his very dense programming style. Most C programmers would scream when seeing this code. In his view (and others in the terse scene),…
    comment by rramadass · 2022-07-23 · in Notation as a Tool of Thought (1979)
  4. …of code that you may find useful: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W83ME5JecI2hd5hAUqQ1BVF3... https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/90748/conversation/ngn-... They're not 1.5 paragraphs per line, but…
    comment by razetime · 2022-05-15 · in Thinking in an array language
  5. …https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W83ME5JecI2hd5hAUqQ1BVF3... Also 'tlack's attempt at it: https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded
    comment by kick · 2020-01-16 · in K (2005)
  6. …and the need for advanced tooling just to work with your own project's code." This is from https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded
    comment by 3xblah · 2019-03-27 · in Arthur Whitney's 'B' Language
  7. For those interested but needing a little help deciphering Thomas Lackner has a handy repo: https://github.com/tlack/b-decoded
    comment by ptrott2017 · 2019-03-26 · in Arthur Whitney's 'B' Language