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    \$\begingroup\$ BLC just happens to use a binary alphabet. 00 is lambda, 01 is application, and 1^{n}0 is a variable in unary. There's no compilation involved. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Sep 10, 2012 at 17:24
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    \$\begingroup\$ Where do you get a factor x3? You actually raise a good point in that languages with smaller source alphabets like BF are penalised. For fair comparison, all sizes should be expressed in bits, and BF characters only take 3 bits each. Most other languages need 7 bits for ASCII, some use all 8. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Sep 10, 2012 at 21:22
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    \$\begingroup\$ BTW +1 This is damn cool! \$\endgroup\$ Commented Sep 19, 2012 at 4:45
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    \$\begingroup\$ If fractran in fractran is acceptable, I don't see why this should be a problem at all. You can't read it? You want to? Learn! \$\endgroup\$ Commented Sep 19, 2012 at 4:48
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    \$\begingroup\$ What would it take to make it read the actual input format? I think that's where you're losing potential upvotes. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Feb 13, 2013 at 3:23