2017-03-13

BF Compiler Part 4 - Optimization

Read Time: 12 minutes

Now that the BF compiler is together, it’s time to add some obvious optimizations.

2017-03-04

BF Compiler Part 3 - Compiler

Read Time: 18 minutes

This is the third installment in creating a brainfuck (BF) compiler using F# and FParsec. Previous posts discussed the parsing and the IL generation. Now it it time to pull it all together into something useful.

2017-02-26

BF Compiler Part 2 - MSIL

Read Time: 7 minutes

Continuing with the BF compiler, it’s time to look at how to create code targeting the CLR. As before, I will be using F# to generate the target MSIL.

2017-02-19

BF Compiler Part 1 - Parsing

Read Time: 12 minutes

So I thought to myself, what does the world need? Obviously another brainfuck (BF) compiler. In this series I will use F# and FParsec to compile BF source code into MSIL to run in Microsoft’s CLR. Honestly, this isn’t a particularly ground-breaking task, but it serves as a fun opportunity to showcase a popular parsing library. Beyond that, it shows how easy it is for F# to leverage various parts of the .NET ecosystem.

2017-01-26

Simple Analysis with F#

Read Time: 12 minutes

This post is a follow up to my previous look into Text Analytics. It will provide additional examples of how data can be pulled and processed in F#. I’ll also use this as an opportunity to draw more charts. For all this to happen, I’ll be doing light analysis of the full text of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”.