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5:01 PM
@StepHen no because challenges cannot be LITERALLY impossible
@HyperNeutrino I sure am lol
I'm also insulted that I don't get the cool name :(
Maybe C-PLUS
 
C_+
 
@HyperNeutrino what would that do?
 
or C +
 
@StepHen C-+
 
/C+/
 
5:03 PM
@HyperNeutrino here's my docs for my wacko lang: github.com/stestoltz/Explode
 
@MDXF omnifix. I don't know how it works but there's a challenge on it somewhere
@StepHen yay will check it out
That looks quite confusing but interesting :D
 
I think I need to add a way for the tape to count like a number for it to be useful here, but other than that I made a lang in a day xD
 
yay xD
 
Aha, how about CIA PLUS? It could be a meta acronym - CIAPLUS Is A Programming Language with Undefined Syntax
 
@MDXF CIA+
aka NSA
 
5:06 PM
lol
You know what? I'm naming it C+. Mine isn't an esolang and that stupid esolang has never and will never be used. 69.118.252.58 can deal with it :P
C+ = the Configurable Programming Language with Undefined Syntax. It's similar to C, but has more things. So C+ it is.
 
@MDXF Just call it Configurable Programming Language with Undefined Syntax on esolangs
 
@StepHen It's not an esolang
 
@MDXF does esolangs.org only do esolangs? TIL
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@StepHen ಠ_ಠ
read that message to yourself slowly if you're not joking
2
 
@totallyhuman well you'd think they'd at least have placeholder pages for major languages
 
5:16 PM
i woudn't :P
 
@MDXF c is esoteric enough tbh
:P
> An esoteric programming language, or esolang, is a computer programming language designed to experiment with weird ideas, to be hard to program in...
 
@MDXF I said you'd think - I had already checked
 
checks the boxes
 
5:18 PM
that's annoying
 
Esolangs.org only does esolangs. Theory denied. Unsurprisingly. :P
 
> C+ was created by a programmer with ≈6.5 hours of sleep in a fit of nonconformity.
 
@HyperNeutrino why do you keep linking to nonexistent langs :P
@BusinessCat Yeah I could tell ಠ_ಠ
 
@MDXF because why not
 
wat
there's no esolang named 404?!
dibs
 
404 esolang
prints not found for false
and not not found for true
 
@totallyhuman No, it's just supposed to be esolangs.org/wiki/404, not esolangs.org/404
 
Hey I clicked Random Page and I found something made/that will be made by ais here
 
5:20 PM
49 secs ago, by totallyhuman
https://esolangs.org/wiki/404
 
:O 404 IS NOT A LANG
1 min ago, by totallyhuman
https://esolangs.org/404
 
i called dibs
i might rename intrnt :P
 
ಠ_ಠ
 
@HyperNeutrino Yeah because he's made like six thousand
 
5:21 PM
oh jeez
 
ಠ_ಠ oh god
 
ninja'd
lel
 
We should collaboratively make a lang called ಠ_ಠ
forgot what was in my clipboard ಠ_ಠ
 
29 mins ago, by totallyhuman
me topo
topo
https://esolangs.org/wiki/ಠ_ಠ
 
@MDXF my lexer/parser/interpreter set is fairly extensible
 
5:23 PM
what's the url escape code for _
 
@totallyhuman don't think it needs to be escaped
 
ಠ_ಠ did you even look at the link
 
@totallyhuman it's in the URL though... ooohhhh
 
ಠ ಠ is not what we're looking for
ಠ ಠ
 
Speaking of which, this is like a 404: esolangs.org/wiki/_
@totallyhuman %5F
 
5:25 PM
Ok I reserved it
 
@MDXF no we need the underscore
 
ಠ_ಠ
the escape code links back to the regular one ಠ_ಠ
what is wrong with this
 
@totallyhuman I think it needs admin intervention: esolangs.org/wiki/01
 
well that's great
 
All right I'm gonna go rename every instance of Gnimmar-grop in 55,000 KB of code to C+
 
5:27 PM
o0
 
If anyone wants an explanation of why the hell I named it gnimmar-grop I'll make a gist
 
@MDXF CtrlF?
 
@StepHen Yeah problem is, 1) it's over like 80 files 2) I use a Linux terminal
 
@MDXF so do the CtrlF that goes over every file in the project... oh wait
and why 80 files 0.o
 
A lot of the C standard library rewritten in C+, all the docs, code examples, etc
I've been working on this lang for quite a bit
 
5:29 PM
oh wow, mkay
 
Writing the compiler is going to take about a tenth of the time it took to make the lang
Wow @totallyhuman we're 9 rep apart
 
if I upvote you and you downvote someone then it might close the gap perfectly :D
(you being whoever has less rep)
 
-_-
 
@HyperNeutrino but that's a bus
 
ಠ_ಠ
 
5:33 PM
Ok see y'all later
 
> that's a bus
 
somebody edit in a {{DISPLAYTITLE:ಠ_ಠ}}
i don't have enough cred to edit apparently :/
 
A few weeks ago I was like "hey I just crossed over Nathan Merril's rep" and he was like "have you seen my activity log?" because he probably has other things to do with his life
now I have over 2000 rep more than him ಠ_ಠ
because I have no life and I got 1k-1 rep in a week ಠ_ಠ
 
5:35 PM
@totallyhuman I got you
 
nice
ok now i'll make the esolang ಠ___ಠ
and then somebody else make ಠ_____ಠ
and so on :P
 
ಠ_ಠ, 3 bytes: ಠ_ಠ
 
that's offensive to ಠ__ಠ
 
even numbers are forbidden ಠ_ಠ
 
5:38 PM
racist against the evens
 
paritism
 
parisitism
 
parisism
 
oh that's annoying
i was trying to "introduce myself" on esolangs
and it wouldn't allow me 'cause i was linking to PPCG ಠ_ಠ
 
5:45 PM
anyways i know have esolangs cred
i shall stuff intrnt onto there
 
@totallyhuman wot?
 
yeah i have never done stuff on esolangs before
so i don't have enough cred to link
 
arrggh I am so annoyed at the naming inconsistencies of my language
 
it's been "automatically identified as spam"
 
@Cowsquack such as?
 
5:50 PM
there's an object called FunctionCall and FunctionCall's opNode (short for operatorNode) is actually a Command and not an Operator
 
I'm an idiot >.< setInterval doesn't exactly work without an Interval
 
it doesn't? o_o
 
@EriktheOutgolfer I sure hope that's why it's not working xD
 
that's really bad
I mean, it shouldn't require an interval should it? /s
 
5:52 PM
@EriktheOutgolfer well it could default to 0
crap I've got a different problem
 
then why not just while(true) it
 
That would be a crazy infinite loop
 
or for(;;) it
 
I wish I could
 
or 1¿ it
 
5:52 PM
but my image's height isn't going to update while i'm in a loop
 
or even [] it
 
Except even crazier because isn't setInterval asynchronous?
 
@BusinessCat yes, that's why I'm using it
 
@EriktheOutgolfer javascript is not jelly :P
 
@HyperNeutrino or Zoidberg it (;,,;)
 
5:54 PM
o_O
 
oh hey esolangs allows my language to be capitalized as i want it to be
 
@totallyhuman sorry
I guess javascript is too verbose then
 
@totallyhuman the only restriction is first letter, capitalized I think
 
5:55 PM
@EriktheOutgolfer Thanks for the tip! I've got the lead now :D
That answer was a ton of fun to write
 
heh
it's really just a matter of algorithm choice...I chose a somewhat obscure algorithm
 
My first algorithm wasn't that great either
 
what's the challenge you were doing?
 
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Q: Is it an Ordered Word?

AdmBorkBork(inspired by this post over on Puzzling. CAUTION: SPOILERS FOR THAT PUZZLE ARE BELOW.) The standard telephone keypad correlates letters to numbers as follows: 1 -> 2 -> ABC 3 -> DEF 4 -> GHI 5 -> JKL 6 -> MNO 7 -> PQRS 8 -> TUV 9 -> WXYZ 0 -> A given input word is defined to be an Ordered Wor...

 
that one
 
5:58 PM
hm
 
CMC: Generate the following list:
 
it's quite difficult with the edge cases on 7 and 9
 
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
MNO
PQRS
TUV
WXYZ
 
(had it ready from my answer)
 
6:00 PM
um I count 13 bytes there?
not sure what you mean by me too
 
@EriktheOutgolfer One of the reasons I thought it would be a fun challenge. Seems I was right.
 
@EriktheOutgolfer I meant I have it ready from my answer too
 
-split"ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
MNO
PQRS
TUV
WXYZ"
 
probably shortest in PowerShell
 
6:01 PM
(from another answer of mine)
 
Wait, wrong one, 12 bytes: 250B¬3+RØAṁY
 
print"ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ".split()
sorry :P
 
250Bạ4RØAṁY
11 bytes
 
@totallyhuman uh that's very golfable :P
 
6:02 PM
Oh, nice golf
 
Hey I used a similar strategy to you lol (250B)
 
@StepHen I don't think so?
 
@totallyhuman Why are you splitting?
 
You could just remove .split('\n')
 
6:03 PM
@EriktheOutgolfer well for one split on space instead of newline and get rid of the triple quotes
 
even though you are actually supposed to join with newlines
 
you said generate a list so... :P
 
list might not refer to the object but to the fact that it looks like a shopping list or just a list of lines
 
> shopping list
ಠ_ಠ
 
6:04 PM
@HyperNeutrino new esolang?
 
plsno
 
also, TIL about str.splitlines()
@StepHen it's always time for a new esolang
 
Instead of a stack, you have a cart.
 
@AdmBorkBork you can only push things into the cart if you are across a row from the cart
 
@EriktheOutgolfer Au•22ā₂•S£» for 11 bytes
 
6:06 PM
You also have two hands, so you can compare two items.
 
ಠ_ಠ
 
@Adnan darn that's actually shorter
 
@AdmBorkBork Your cart requires a quarter to get (Aldi anyone?)
 
How about a dollar? (the asian food market in toronto)
 
jelly 13 bytes: “¤Ɱlø’BḊœṗØAY
 
6:07 PM
the emoji movie reviews are hilarious
and now there's an xkcd about it too
 
ಠ_ಠ
 
xkcd.com/1870 jeez this is a long onebox
> “If only this smartphone-centric dud, so happy to hawk real-world apps to its audience, could have done the same in its release strategy — coming out via Snapchat, where it would vanish shortly after arrival. But even that wouldn’t be fast enough.” — John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
 
> They should do a whole series, I would watch the combining diacritical marks movie...
Randall likes Zalgo
 
that is a really tall onebox
 
@totallyhuman sick burn
 
6:10 PM
> “Disregard that PG rating and keep your children far away from director Tony Leondis’ vile animated faux-comedy. Beneath its trippy surface lurks an insidious philosophy hazardous to impressionable minds.” — Tomris Laffly, Time Out
XD
 
What programming paragidm is C?
 
esoteric
:P
 
-_-
 
@MDXF C-like.
Yeah, I know.
 
It's procedural or imperative, right?
 
6:14 PM
@wizzwizz4 Wait, it actually has its own paragidm??
 
not that I know C
 
@MDXF No. That's syntax. Sorry.
C-like includes C, C++, JavaScript etc.
 
Wikipedia says it's procedural
 
Wikipedia says it's imperative
 
Along with BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, etc
 
6:15 PM
but also structured
 
WikiFight!
 
Oh it's imperative procedural
 
@MDXF What a let-down.
 
@wizzwizz4 Never thought I'd see a mod encouraging a fight in a chatroom :P
> C is an imperative procedural language.
 
6:16 PM
@MDXF No... A fight on the wiki. Big difference. :-p
 
Ah, lol.
 
no no wikifights are different
ninja'd
 
he's encouraging offsite edit wars
 
Third paragraph here
 
@StepHen When you put it that way...
 
6:17 PM
Hey guys there isn't a single language on esolangs that uses % in its name
 
No, I meant like Googlefight.
@StepHen Not true.
 
sorry didnt finish my statement :P
 
Oh. That's probably true.
 
I did a CtrlF on the language list page, so unless the lang isn't on that page...
 
6:19 PM
 
Why is the max 200?
 
@totallyhuman no kidding :P now try it on bingfights
@MDXF So that both contestants can give 100%
 
0
Q: The Counting Gate Keeper

Felipe Nardi Batista Related as it requires you to measure the time between the first and last input. But here you're required to count how many inputs in a period of time. I was assigned a task to stand by a gate and count how many students enter it. The problem is that my memory is not as good as it was when I...

 
Yay! It's been posted.
 
6:24 PM
@NewMainPosts what is unclear about it?
 
6:41 PM
@wizzwizz4 😎
 
@Downgoat it took me forever to realize that was a link...
 
expects a "sh**p" vs "goat" fight
oh, I was right
 
https://www.googlefight.com/gaot-vs-shep.php
 
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

ZacharýPolyglots in D major d polyglot code-challenge D is a programming language in the same family as C and C++. However, it differs in a few "major" ways (hence the title). It's relation to C and C++ is not even close to the relation between C and C++. Here are a few of the important differences: ...

 
Who here knows Redcode?
 
6:54 PM
 
@totallyhuman that's dutch :)
 
yeah
 
'die, die, die' means 'that one, that one, that one'
 
i still don't get what it means though
 
and 'alsjeblieft' is 'please'
 
6:55 PM
oh the kid's asking for something to buy
 
yes
 
that makes much more sense
 
@LeakyNun I found a closed form for f(n-1) + f(n+1) = kf(n)
 
@orlp well that's just a quadratic recursion
 
with arbitrary choice for f(0), f(-1)
@LeakyNun can you elaborate?
I don't see any quadratics
 
6:59 PM
@orlp well, f(n+1) = kf(n) - f(n-1)
 
@orlp similar in german too :P
 
so it's really a fibonacci-like recursion
linear recursion
is what I mean
but the auxiliary equation is quadratic
 
@LeakyNun yes, but now try to find a closed form :)
 
x^2 - kx + 1 = 0
 

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