README.md

Brainf*ck JVM Compiler

A compiler that compiles Brainf*ck input to Java bytecode that can be executed on a JVM, using the Java Class-File API.

The compiler is simple and does no optimizations. For an optimizing compiler see here.

Running

You'll need JDK 24, the easiest way to install this, on Linux, is with SDK man:

sdk install java 24.ea.36-open

Compile a Brainf*ck program by passing the input file path and the output jar path to the compiler. You can compile & execute the compiled class, or simply run BfCompiler.java directly from the source file:

$ java BfCompiler.java examples/hellojvm.bf out.jar

The compiled jar can then be executed:

$ java -jar out.jar