This is a BF interpreter and optimizing compiler written in Go.
GoBF can simply run your BF program or compile it to a binary to run later.
go install github.com/linux4life798/gobf@latestThe command-line program currently supports compile, gengo,
run, and dumpil actions.
Give it a try!
go install github.com/linux4life798/gobf@latest
wget https://github.com/erikdubbelboer/brainfuck-jit/raw/master/mandelbrot.bf
gobf compile mandelbrot.bf
./mandelbrotNote that the run command will simply interpret the BF program in-place,
thus the performance will be as-is. Please use the compile to generate
an optimized program.
Please see gobf --help for more fun options!
The generated code optimizer reduces redundant and repetitive commands, like data pointer moves or incrementing a data cell. It coalesces multiple moves or data cell changes into one operation. Due to BF's repetitive nature, this typically increases the BF program's performance dramatically. All of the interesting optimization stuff is in the gobflib/il package.
Recent work has added some pattern-based and vectorization-based optimizations, but these have not been fully calibrated yet.
To try the zero pattern optimization, invoke gobf in the following manner:
gobf -O zero compile mandelbrot.bf