Welcome to the Befunge-93 Reference Distribution
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_Version 2.25 - Silver Jubilee Edition_
This is the reference distribution for the Befunge-93 programming language.
It contains the specification and reference implementation (`bef`), which
are direct descendants of the originals, along with a few related tools,
many example programs, and an assortment of historical documents.
About Befunge-93
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Befunge-93 is an esoteric programming language where the program exists in a
two-dimensional grid of cells, where each cell contains a single instruction,
and execution can proceed in any cardinal direction across this grid -- not
just left-to-right, but also right-to-left, top-to-bottom, and bottom-to-top.
For more information, see the Befunge-93 specification in the `doc` directory.
Contents
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* `README.markdown`: these post-modernist existential rants
* [`LICENSE`](LICENSE):
a bedtime story written to give your lawyer sweet dreams
* [`doc/Befunge-93.markdown`](doc/Befunge-93.markdown):
the specification for Befunge-93, such as it is
* [`doc/bef.markdown`](doc/bef.markdown):
docs for the interpreter, in the style of a man page
* [`src/bef.c`](src/bef.c):
Befunge-93 reference interpreter/debugger v2.25 source code
* [`src/bef2c.c`](src/bef2c.c):
Befunge-93 to ANSI C compiler v1.0 source code
* [`src/befprof.c`](src/befprof.c):
Befunge-93 profiler v1.0 source code
* [`eg/`](eg/):
Various and sundry contributed Befunge-93 programs
(see [the README there](eg/README.markdown) for details)
* [`historic/`](historic/):
Historical early archive versions of (things called) Befunge
(see [the README there](historic/README.md) for details)
For More Information
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See the official entry for [Befunge-93][] at [Cat's Eye Technologies][].
[Befunge-93]: http://catseye.tc/node/Befunge-93
[Cat's Eye Technologies]: http://catseye.tc/
Jubilant Befunging!
Chris Pressey
London, England
December 12, 2018