A challenge ...

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(MeowChow) Re: A challenge ... by MeowChow (Vicar) on Apr 13, 2002 at 03:16 UTC
Erm, we already have something like this. Its initials are J, A, P, and H. MeowChow s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print	[reply]
Re: Re: A challenge ... by cjf (Parson) on Apr 14, 2002 at 06:28 UTC
Erm, we already have something like this. Its initials are J, A, P, and H. I'm not exactly a golfer (I could never bring myself to wear those funny pants) and I don't see much point in obfuscating code (my time would be better spent learning Lisp) but what's wrong with this node? I found it through worst nodes and after my upvote it has a -8 rep. Could somebody clue me into how this is any worse than those 80+ rep golf nodes? Is it just because he didn't include everybody's favorite acronym in it?	[reply]
Re: A challenge ... by atcroft (Abbot) on Apr 13, 2002 at 11:44 UTC
You may also want to look at the (somewhat similar) thread TMTOWTDI Puzzle: Generating a range of numbers, in which the goal was to write the sequence 1..10 without using the digits 0-9, modules, or mathematical functions (IIRC). I look forward to the responses to come, though.	[reply]
Re: A challenge ... by Juerd (Abbot) on Apr 13, 2002 at 20:17 UTC
What about a golf on printing the above in 'ascii art' (i.e. each character must be made up of atleast 3 otherchars) That makes no sense at all. Golf is a game where you want only a few strokes, but ascii art requires a lot of characters. Perhaps you meant s/golf/obfuscation/? `perl -le'print"hi ".++$_ until/0/'` [download] `perl -le'print"hi $_"for+1..10'` [download] - Yes, I reinvent wheels. - Spam: Visit eurotraQ.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re: A challenge ... by tachyon (Chancellor) on Apr 13, 2002 at 20:04 UTC
`print map qq,\150\151\040$_$/,,s.. ...ord` [download] cheers tachyon s&&rsenoyhcatreve&&&s&n.+t&"$'$`$\"$\&"&ee&&y&srve&&d&&print	[reply] [d/l]
Re: A challenge ... by Dog and Pony (Priest) on Apr 13, 2002 at 20:31 UTC
Just another way... `perl -e 'for($i++;$i<11;print"Hi $i\n"and$i++){}'` [download] Or the slightly shorter: `perl -e 'for(;$i<10;$i++,print"Hi $i\n"){}'` [download] I sometimes wonder if there shouldn't be a separate section in the monastery for challenges... :) Maybe we are getting too few of them for that, but on the other hand maybe that would draw more? You have moved into a dark place. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.	[reply] [d/l] [select]