Re: Guess what it does ... and a challenge

in reply to Guess what it does ... and a challenge

I parsed that code correctly in my head, but didn't realize what the result would be.

Here is a program of the same length (as your second snippet) that does the same thing slowly:

1while$/x=8
[download]

Changing "8" to "2" will presumably make it take a longer time, but I didn't have the patience. Also, presumably this guy will take exponentially longer to get there:

1while$/.=1
[download]

blokhead

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Re^2: Guess what it does ... and a challenge by locked_user mtve (Deacon) on May 31, 2008 at 19:35 UTC
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Re^3: Guess what it does ... and a challenge (max number size) by tye (Sage) on May 31, 2008 at 20:23 UTC
No, it won't. Now, if you do `$_='a'` first, then it will, and extremely slowly too. - tye	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Guess what it does ... and a challenge (max number size) by locked_user mtve (Deacon) on Jun 02, 2008 at 11:06 UTC
Damn, you're right, silly me. In golfy way: <Reveal this spoiler or all in this thread> Update: leaks here btw, 5.8.8 activestate

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