Whoa, this is a really cool one! Brainfuck always amazes me—so simple yet so tricky. You’re asking about putting each of the eight Brainfuck instructions (>, <, +, -, ., ,, [, and ]) into memory cells, in order, using the shortest Brainfuck program possible. Honestly, that’s such a creative challenge. Let’s think this through step-by-step!

First off, each Brainfuck instruction is just a character. Computers store characters as numbers, so really, you’re just loading a set of ASCII codes into consecutive memory cells. Kind of like setting up an array, I guess. But since Brainfuck is minimalist, it has no straightforward way to “just write” a specific character directly. Instead, you can only:

• Change a number in a memory cell using “+” and “-“
• Move the pointer with “>” and “<“
• Loop with “[” and “]”
• Input/output data with “,” and “.”

So wait—since we can’t directly just say “put the character ‘>’ here”, it seems we have to manually “build up” each instruction by incrementing or decrementing the cells to the correct ASCII values. But incrementing cells one-by-one with “+” repeatedly might get super long, right? Maybe there’s an efficient way using loops that copy or increment quickly?

For instance, maybe the smartest approach would be to find a common baseline ASCII value and jump around from that baseline to quickly reach the desired characters using as little increments or decrements as possible. Perhaps something like setting one cell as a reference and then quickly copying over to the next cells, adjusting just slightly for each additional character. I wonder if looping and stepping smartly from one character to the next would shorten the code significantly…

I’m guessing experienced Brainfuck enthusiasts have thought really carefully about optimal loops and smart increments. But as a newbie, I’d probably just start naïvely—maybe I’d set up one cell, then increment slowly to the ASCII value for “>”, move onto next cell, and increment differently again for “<” and so forth. But obviously, this simple approach would get super long really fast!

I’ve seen mentions of really clever tricks from more skilled programmers. They might try something like setting a “base offset” first—something around the average ASCII value of the commands—and then “slightly adjust” forwards or backwards just a bit each step to get different commands.

I’d love to check out the shortest solution someone comes up with, especially one that uses loops effectively. I’ll bet some minimalist Brainfuck experts can solve this puzzle in far fewer characters than I can imagine right now!

Anyway, totally looking forward to seeing how everyone tackles this clever little challenge. Hope some experts pop in and share a super-delicious short solution soon!