The Nineteenth Byte

Mini-challenge: Take in a 3 char string and output the piece of toast with it as a topping. The only other valid input is the empty string, which should end up as plain toast.

"jam" =>
 ___
(jam)
|___|

"btr" =>
 ___
(btr)
|___|

"" or "   " =>
 ___
(   )
|___|

quartata

blech ascii art

Also I like the part where you used underscores which means I can't use barewords in pl

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies this

quartata

dammit

Cyoce

JavaScript

`
lert(` ___
(${prompt()||' '})
|___|`);```

quartata

Use the fixed font button instead of backticks.

Cyoce

2:08 AM

where

alert(` ___
(${prompt()||'   '})
|___|`);

quartata

Yeah. There you go.

Cyoce

that works too

no monospace, but I can

Sadly alert doesn't have fixed width

feersum

how many hours should I wait for gcc to install before I give up and find a binary package instead?

quartata

@feersum Right away.

This is why you don't use Homebrew.

Alex A.

ಠ_ಠ

feersum

2:11 AM

What should I use?

quartata

Fink or Macports.

Alex A.

Homebrew certainly isn't the issue

Get a binary

feersum

@AlexA. What do you mean?

quartata

yay hello world works in pl

And cat

Alex A.

Download some GCC binary package from somewhere

quartata

2:12 AM

Or use Fink which does that for you

Anyone know if there is a way to suppress given is experimental at pl.pl line 22. ?

Anonymous

@Calvin'sHobbies ,k"|___|"@"(%3s)"%" ___ "25 bytes in Seriously

quartata

I can't remember off the top of my head.

Also @Mego did you see my giant monologue on the language I'm making

Anonymous

@quartata Huh no I fell asleep

quartata

6 hours ago, by quartata

Catalan Numbers in pl: ☼ç▲÷

Click to see the whole monologue

feersum

Fink apparently requires you to build from source.

quartata

2:16 AM

@feersum What?

Hm.

Try MacPorts.

It shouldn't require that...

I haven't used Fink in ages so

Dennis

408

A: What's the difference between JavaScript and Java?

One is essentially a toy, designed for writing small pieces of code, and traditionally used and abused by inexperienced programmers. The other is a scripting language for web browsers.

Alex A.

whispering from the bushes Fink is crap

quartata

@Dennis holy shit

Don't even go there.

Also that question has an answer from Chris

yesterday, by quartata

> starts singing "it's a small world"

Cyoce

wow you're really digging up the old stuff

Alex A.

My boss didn't believe me when I told him that Java and JavaScript are entirely unrelated.

quartata

2:19 AM

@AlexA. Ha

I think it would be better if they called JS LiveScript like they used to

Anonymous

@AlexA. Well that's because you-are-wrong-as-usual

Anonymous

Java comes with a JS interpreter; therefore not entirely unrelated

Alex A.

He also didn't believe me that Julia wasn't originally made solely for generating fractals.

quartata

@AlexA. pfffffttt

Anonymous

Clearly Julia was originally made so that Alex could have a language to golf in that nobody else uses

2

quartata

2:21 AM

@Mego That's not true. I golfed in it once.

We don't like to talk about that though.

Anonymous

@quartata Oh hi Alex

quartata

shhhh

mınxomaτ

@quartata Sock confirmed.

quartata

@mınxomaτ ehhh

Alex A.

>__>

quartata

2:22 AM

I like Perl. Alex hates it.

You can't fake that kinda stuff.

Anonymous

Well liking Perl is wrong, therefore quartata-is-wrong, therefore, well...

Dennis

ಠ_ಠ at liking Perl is wrong.

mınxomaτ

q.e.d

alex-is-perl

Anonymous

@Dennis Jeez how many socks does Alex have?

El'endia Starman

You guys have more holy wars than religions do.

Dennis

2:25 AM

But less people die.

Timwi

*fewer

mınxomaτ

What's the current death toll?

quartata

I'm hoping I can finish pl tonight

Anonymous

@El'endiaStarman Less bloodshed, because none of us can be assed to get out of our chairs and actually fight for our convictions

quartata

(at least for now)

Anonymous

2:25 AM

@mınxomaτ How many people have used Perl?

mınxomaτ

@Mego How would I know. I avoid people who use perl.

2

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

I had a three byte solution for

codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/66731/…

but due to a bug in Jolf's input system, it doesn't handle newlines.

;-;

Dennis

@Mego Alex dislikes Perl. How would liking Perl make me a sock?

Alex A.

@Mego A whole drawer full

Timwi

Speaking of Jolf, can I read it now?

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

2:27 AM

@Dennis You're trying too hard, Alex. XD

feersum

what's the command to use macports?

I swear I googled it!

Alex A.

@feersum port

Dennis

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ (╯ಠ_ಠ）╯︵ ┻━┻

2

Anonymous

@Dennis See above logic chain

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Timwi You can, nothing is wrong, now. Just a few minor things absent.

mınxomaτ

2:27 AM

But I can tell that at least 100 people (or rather answers) use perl.

BrainSteel

Hello beautiful people.

quartata

Anonymous

@BrainSteel Why doesn't anybody ever say hi to me?

4

quartata

The greatest holy war.

BrainSteel

@Mego I just did ;)

Alex A.

2:27 AM

@BrainSteel Hello stranger. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

BrainSteel

Hello beautiful stranger.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Timwi Also, read this, not the online version. ;)

Anonymous

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@AlexA. When making my emote keyboard, the lenny face lost an eyebrow: ( ͡° ͜ʖ °)

quartata

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Here have a refill: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Alex A.

2:29 AM

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Oh no, Lenny was in a tragic accident that cost him an eyebrow

quartata

@AlexA. Burnt clean off

Alex A.

@quartata A refill of eyebrows?

quartata

That's what happens when you use charcoal BBQs kids

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@AlexA. out of context quote for the day.

quartata

@AlexA. No, a Lenny face refill.

Dennis

2:29 AM

@quartata Is there another kind?

quartata

@Dennis ...

Yes.

Gasoline.

Alex A.

> That's what happens when you charcoal BBQ kids

good god

you monster

quartata

I'm just kidding, I don't actually have an opinion on that.

I'm sorry I didn't mean to start a charcoal vs gas flame war

Cyoce

Your <s and >s are not escaped properly?

quartata

> flame

ba dum tissh

BrainSteel

2:30 AM

I have no idea what is going on here.

2

quartata

@BrainSteel The sound of progress my friend.

Dennis

@BrainSteel Welcome to the club.

BrainSteel

Every time I come here is different from the last.

Alex A.

El'endia Starman

Black Holes Explained – From Birth to Death

►

> There are two ways to die. 1) A quick death. 2) A very quick death.

Cyoce

2:32 AM

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ maybe multiplying arrays should do cartesian product?

Timwi

@BrainSteel Would be kinda boring if everyone said the same thing over and over, no?

quartata

@Timwi But we already do that.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Cyoce :D YOU'RE READING IT! And that's a fantastic idea!

BrainSteel

@Timwi There's a reason I keep coming back :D

Cyoce

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Thanks no problem

Timwi

2:33 AM

@quartata Would be kinda boring if everyone said the same thing over and over, no?

Cyoce

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Glad to help :)

Timwi

@BrainSteel Would be kinda boring if everyone said the same thing over and over, no?

OK I’ll stop now :-p

quartata

@Timwi Glad to help :)

BrainSteel

I knew it couldn't be long before one of us got caught in a loop.

Cyoce

User: Would be kinda boring if everyone said the same thing over and over, no?
Cleverbot: In the world, real wealth is measured in the monetary value of assets

4

quartata

2:34 AM

What

Alex A.

Maltysen

@Cyoce tell him that it's actually measured in PPCG rep

Alex A.

Dennis alter ego confirmed

Cyoce

User: In the real world, value is measured by PPCG rep.
Cleverbot: Did mars brake off from earth?

feersum

@quartata Are you sure it has binary packages?

In the window title I can see that it keeps calling clang.

quartata

2:37 AM

@feersum MacPorts? It should...

Doorknob 冰

vim golf, anyone?

Alex A.

User: Is Dennis my sock?
Cleverbot: Du sagtest ein Film.

.______.

feersum

Do I have to use a different command to get binaries?

quartata

I don't think so...

Lemme see.

Cyoce

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ

quartata

2:38 AM

By default, MacPorts builds from source if needed.

Doorknob 冰

@AlexA. ಠ_ಠ ಠ_ಠ ಠ_ಠ

fun fact none of that is in insert mode. Literally none

quartata

So the fact that it did means that there are no binary packages.

I don't think that any of these package managers have binary packages for gcc I guess

feersum

I can't do one thing on Mac without being sucked into an endless vortex of failure and breakage.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Cyoce ?

Alex A.

@feersum Just use the system gcc, it works fine.

Cyoce

2:39 AM

~i - takes 1 argument and returns that argument (the identity function)

quartata

@AlexA. But it's clang.

Cyoce

What's the point of that

Maltysen

anyone else watching the republican debate?

feersum

@AlexA. Did you forget our conversation earlier today already? It doesn't have gcc.

quartata

@Maltysen No, what did Trump do?

Alex A.

2:40 AM

@Maltysen Oh god no. Why would I subject myself to that?

Cyoce

@Maltysen No; it doesn't look like I'm working if I'm laughing my ass off

2

Maltysen

@quartata a lot, but right now, "You're a very nice man, but what we need is toughness" to Jeb Bush

quartata

@Maltysen pffffft

Maltysen

@AlexA. for the lulz

quartata

Hm.

That's OK but it isn't ground that hasn't already been broken.

We need something that confirms the insanity.

Maltysen

2:41 AM

When Chris Christie seems like the most reasonable person...

feersum

Now brew and ports are racing to build gcc.

Can ports overcome brew's 100-minute head start? Stay tuned to find out.

quartata

@feersum It better

Ampora

goo.gl/LCB1fF

quartata

@Ampora Why shorten this?

It doesn't onebox properly.

Anonymous

@quartata Because he's being ridiculous with no e's

Alex A.

2:43 AM

@Maltysen The day when Chris Christie is reasonable is the day I decide I hate puppies.

Ampora

^

quartata

@Mego Just copy pasta

@AlexA. What if I told you Perl is a puppy

Anonymous

@quartata I'm not sure if you're aware, but "stackexchange" has an e in it.

Alex A.

@quartata Either I'd assume you were trolling or you named a dog "Perl," which is odd.

quartata

@Mego Yeah. But if his e key is broken...

Maltysen

2:44 AM

omg Trump. no. I can't even.

quartata

He can just copy paste it.

Ampora

I must outwit using that char until 2016

quartata

@Maltysen Oh no

Anonymous

@quartata Oh no, it has nothing to do with his e key being broken. He's just choosing to be incomprehensible until 2016.

Maltysen

he was like "We need to get our smart people and go shut down their internet"

quartata

2:45 AM

> incomprehendable

@Maltysen pfft

Cyoce

incomprhndabl *

quartata

@gnibbler is in chat.

(although he hasn't talked in 147 days)

feersum

> To use the “javac” command-line tool you need to install a JDK.

WHO IS DOING THIS

Alex A.

> seen 2m ago, talked 147d ago

quartata

Why don't you just use linux?

Alex A.

2:46 AM

Oh wait you just said that

Anonymous

In the middle of writing a solution for the centering text challenge is a bad time to realize string formatting in Seriously is broken

feersum

@quartata Me? Because I'm trying to port some code to Mac.

Anonymous

@AlexA. y u repeet urself

feersum

I already wrote it for Linux.

quartata

@feersum Oh just give up

Anyways I think you have to go download a JDK or something

They decided to stop including it by default?? ok

Anonymous

2:48 AM

How to port code to Mac:

1. `while 1:print"INSTALL LINUX"`

quartata

@Mego very golfy 10/10

Cyoce

...

quartata

But what if I told you...

feersum

@quartata I don't even know what program is popping this up.

Alex A.

@feersum If someone is building your code from source you shouldn't assume they have the real GCC. Thus you should try to build it with Mac's pseudo-GCC to see how it works.

Anonymous

2:49 AM

@AlexA. sudo gcc?

Alex A.

No

Cyoce

while bugs: print"INSTALL LINUX" # stops when linux is installed

Doorknob 冰

I would assume that they have the real gcc...

quartata

1╔INSTALL LINUX¶

feersum

ports and brew both seem to be chugging away.

Anonymous

2:49 AM

@Cyoce Excessive space, eww

quartata

That's pl

Alex A.

@Doorknob冰 Mac's gcc is a gcc frontend with a clang backend.

Anonymous

1W"INSTALL LINUX

Dennis

@Doorknob冰 Apparently, executing gcc on OS X opens clang...

Doorknob 冰

wat

INSTALL LINUX

quartata

2:50 AM

@Mego This doesn't work.

Doorknob 冰

13 chars in yes

shhhh not cheating

Anonymous

@quartata It's Seriously obviously

Anonymous

Oh wait herpaderp

quartata

@Mego Right but it shouldn't work...

feersum

@AlexA. I didn't write the code I'm trying to compile with gcc.

quartata

2:50 AM

If it pushes it to the stack

Anonymous

"INSTALL LINUX"W;.

quartata

It won't ever print it

@Mego That's better.

Alex A.

@feersum Does it compile with Apple's GCC?

Anonymous

@quartata Sure it will, on MemoryError!

quartata

@Mego That doesn't count.

Anonymous

2:51 AM

(actually not even then)

Maltysen

Ben Carson looks like he's asleep

Anonymous

@Maltysen Well duh, he's watching the debate

Alex A.

haha

@Maltysen Are you voting age?

Doorknob 冰

Only five more [code-golf] answers till the gold badge...

Alex A.

For some reason I thought you were Doorknob's age.

Maltysen

2:52 AM

@AlexA. i am not

Alex A.

@Doorknob冰 HURRY

Maltysen

@AlexA. i am 15

Doorknob 冰

And if I want Odinson here, I need a gold badge. :P

Anonymous

4500 rep! \o/

Alex A.

@Maltysen Oh, okay. Do you know who you would pick if you were 18+?

2

@Doorknob冰 Odinson?

Dennis

2:52 AM

@AlexA. Why do you keep calling it GCC? ಠ_ಠ

Alex A.

@Mego Congrats!

quartata

@AlexA. This is the out of context quote of the day.

Alex A.

@Dennis It's invoked from the command line using gcc.

Doorknob 冰

@AlexA. hatz

quartata

@AlexA. But it isn't gcc.

Doorknob 冰

2:53 AM

@quartata ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Alex A.

@quartata >_____________>

Pietu1998

@quartata ಠ_______ಠ

quartata

Don't star my message

13

Star the one I replied to

Dennis

alias safari=chromium
safari

@AlexA. ^ Does not open Safari.

Anonymous

@quartata I'm not sure what you expected

quartata

2:55 AM

@Mego jeez

TheDoctor

i.imgur.com/p6lslni.webm

Doorknob 冰

alias emacs=vim; alias nano=vim; alias sublime=vim

Alex A.

pavlov:~ ararslan$ gcc --version
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 7.0.2 (clang-700.1.81)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.5.0
Thread model: posix

Maltysen

@AlexA. i probably wouldn't

Alex A.

@Maltysen Fair enough.

TheDoctor

2:56 AM

@Doorknob冰 alias vim=atom

Doorknob 冰

@TheDoctor blasphemy

Dennis

alias nnao=nano

2

Anonymous

alias vim=emacs
alias emacs=vim

Dennis

Only alias I actually use.

Doorknob 冰

apt-get install sl

quartata

2:56 AM

@Mego This doesn't do what you think it does.

Doorknob 冰

sl is fanstastic

quartata

@Doorknob冰 oh dear

Timwi

alias alias=alias

Anonymous

@quartata I don't think it does anything so \o/?

Dennis

$ apt-get install sl
If 'apt-get' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf apt-get

Doorknob 冰

2:57 AM

Description: Correct you if you type `sl' by mistake
 Sl is a program that can display animations aimed to correct you
 if you type 'sl' by mistake.
 SL stands for Steam Locomotive.

quartata

No I mean it doesn't do a recursive thing.

Doorknob 冰

@Dennis sigh... what distro are you on again? :P

TheDoctor

@Timwi alias alias="rm /bin/"

quartata

It'll make vim do emacs, and emacs do vim.

Dennis

@Doorknob冰 openSUSE

Anonymous

2:57 AM

@quartata Actually that's what I was hoping for

Anonymous

@Dennis yum install sl

Pietu1998

@Timwi alias unalias="echo You know, I messed stuff up. Sorry. Even "

Doorknob 冰

@Dennis looks up package manager for openSUSE

Dennis

@Mego Nice try,

openSUSE uses zypper.

Cyoce

Speaking of terminaly stuff I found a noclip script in CS:GO!

Anonymous

2:58 AM

@Dennis Oh I thought it used yum

Doorknob 冰

Never heard of zypper. O_o

Cyoce

alias a a;a

Alex A.

@Doorknob冰 Zypper

Pietu1998

@Cyoce types noclip in console

Alex A.

@Doorknob冰 BearMonkey'd

Doorknob 冰

2:59 AM

@Cyoce zsh: command not found: a

Dennis

@Cyoce That doesn't actually work. You need a newline here.

Anonymous

alias gcc=:(){ :|:& };:

Cyoce

It only works in CS:GO

Doorknob 冰

@Dennis In bash, yes. In zsh, nope.

Dennis

Zsh is weird.

feersum

2:59 AM

A noclip terminal utility would be neat.

Timwi

public class public
{
    public public public(public public)
    {
        return public(public);
    }
}

2

feersum

When the output reaches the bottom, it would just keep printing the next lines outside the window.

Doorknob 冰

@Mego that's not how aliases work

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