#! /usr/bin/perl ($dpos, $data, $/) = (0, ""); sub data :lvalue { vec($data, $dpos, 8) } <> =~ m{ (?: [>] (?{++$dpos}) | [+] (?{++(data)}) | [.] (?{print chr data}) | [<] (?{--$dpos}) | [-] (?{--(data)}) | [,] (?{data= ord getc}) | [[] (?(?{data})(?0)|(?1)) []] | [^][<>.,+-] )*+\z | (?(?{data})(?0)|(?1)) | \z((?: [^][] | [[] (?1) []])*) }x; BEGIN { *ARGV = *DATA unless @ARGV } __DATA__ +++++[>+++++++++<-],[[>--.++>+<<-]>+.->[<.>-]<<,] #### $ perl -w bf.pl <(perl bf.pl < bf.pl) Complex regular subexpression recursion limit (32766) exceeded at bf.pl line 5, <> chunk 1. ... #### sub data :lvalue { vec($data,$dpos,8) } # v5.16.1--OK; v5.12.3--Fail sub data :lvalue { vec($data,$dpos,8) //= 0 } # OK my @data; sub data :lvalue { $data[$dpos] &= 255 } # OK