A compiler for the bf esoteric programming language. The compiler takes a bf source file and converts it into an assembly source file. A separate assembler and linker is needed (requires the GNU Assembler).

Type make <ARCH> but replace <ARCH> with your CPU's architecture. On 64 bit arm systems, this us either arm64 or aarch64. On 64 bit desktop PCs, this is most likely x86_64 or amd64.

To compile a bf source file, run bfc source.bf -o output.asm. This will compile whatever source file is passed at source.bf into an assembly file at output.asm.

After compiling into assembly, the program will need to be assembled and linked. bfc requires the GNU Assembler found in the binutils package for most operating systems.

Example:

$ bfc -o hello.asm examples/hello.bf
$ as -o hello.o hello.asm
$ ld -o hello hello.o
$ ./hello
Hello World!

Optionally, you may use the comp.sh script to compile without having to manually specify the linker nor assembler as well as to keep the current directory from filling up with assembly and object files.

Example:

$ comp.sh -o hello examples/hello.bf
$ ./hello
Hello World!