http://www.rune-server.org/programming/general/241987-brainfuck-competition.html#post2094532 The Task: Print out "Arian" The memory stack MUST look like this: ADDRESS HEX DEC CHAR 00000 41 65 A 00001 72 114 r 00002 69 105 i 00003 61 97 a 00004 6E 110 n Giveaway: to print Arian when stored like shown above you use: .>.>.>.>. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.rune-server.org/programming/general/241987-brainfuck-competition-3.html#post2159767 Here it is with 155 instructions: ++++++++++[->+++++++++++>++++++++++>++++++++++>+++++++++++<<<<] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >++++>+++++>---<<<.>.>.>.>. I can even make it more shorter with 129 instructions, but therefore I had to "touch" the cell after "Arian" (which was not forbidden in the competition rules, also since I reset the value back to 0). ++++++++++[->+++++++++++>++++++++++>++++++++++>+++++++++++<<<<] >>>>>+++++++++++++[-<<<<<+++++>>>>>]<<<<++++>+++++>---<<<.>.>.>.> . But if you want to make it much MORE shorter, I recommend don't making the output part at the very end (which is part of the rules of the competition). 125 instructions: ++++++++++[->+++++++++++>++++++++++>++++++++++>+++++++++++<<<<] >>>>>+++++++++++++[-<<<<<+++++>>>>>]<<<<<.>++++.>+++++.>---.>.