Brainfuck

Summary

Brainfuck is an esoteric programming language^[1]. Brainfuck ranks in the top 6% of esoteric_programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brainfuck is credited with the discovery of Urban Müller^[3].
• Brainfuck was influenced by P′′^[4].
• Brainfuck was influenced by FALSE^[5].
• Brainfuck's image is recorded as Hello World Brainfuck.png^[6].
• Brainfuck's instance of is recorded as esoteric programming language^[7].
• Brainfuck's instance of is recorded as Turing tarpit^[8].
• Brainfuck's instance of is recorded as programming language^[9].
• brain is named after Brainfuck^[10].
• Fuck is named after Brainfuck^[11].
• Brainfuck's developer is recorded as Urban Müller^[12].
• Brainfuck's subclass of is recorded as P′′^[13].
• Brainfuck's Commons category is recorded as Brainfuck^[14].
• +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brainfuck^[15].
• Brainfuck's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01b5k^[16].
• Brainfuck's official website is recorded as https://brainfuck.org/^[17].
• Brainfuck's readable file format is recorded as Brainfuck file^[18].
• Brainfuck's writable file format is recorded as Brainfuck file^[19].
• Brainfuck's file extension is recorded as b^[20].
• Brainfuck's file extension is recorded as bf^[21].
• Brainfuck's described by source is recorded as Esolang^[22].
• Brainfuck's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/brainfuck^[23].
• Brainfuck's different from is recorded as Brain Fuck Scheduler^[24].
• Brainfuck's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03139740n^[25].
• Brainfuck's icon is recorded as Brainfuck-mw-logo.png^[26].
• Brainfuck's Quora topic ID is recorded as Brainfuck-programming-language^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include esoteric programming language^[7], Turing tarpit^[8], and programming language^[9].

History and Context

+1993-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Brainfuck^[15]. Things named after include brain^[10], an organ type^[28] and Fuck^[11], a word^[29].

Why It Matters

Brainfuck ranks in the top 6% of esoteric_programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (900 views/month).^[2] Brainfuck has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Brainfuck is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Brainfuck has been cited as an influence by Malbolge^[32], an esoteric programming language^[33], founded in 1998^[34]; Whitespace^[35], an esoteric programming language^[36], in United Kingdom^[37], founded in 2003^[38]; Befunge^[39], an esoteric programming language^[40], founded in 1993^[41]; and Tink^[42], a programming language^[43], founded in 2008^[44].

FAQs

Who did Brainfuck influence?

Brainfuck has been cited as an influence by Malbolge^[32], Whitespace^[35], Befunge^[39], and Tink^[42].