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Python 2, 522 bytes * .92 = 480.24 537.28
Edit 2: -60 bytes
Edit: Added explanation.
Defined is the function f which takes the two pattern strings as arguments and returns '<', '=', '>', '|', or 'X'. Less than one minute is needed to process all test cases.
The code consists of the following,...
Python3.4+, 4697.26
I used the same method as in my ImageMagick answer, but with the following parameters:
convert ORIGINAL.png -filter Lanczos2 -resize x32 - | pngquant --speed 1 -f 20 > i
Using these parameters I generated the following 1003 byte Python program:
import base64,io,PIL.Image
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Exploding Quines!
code-golfquine
You will be making a program/function of length n that:
Puts the kth char at the center of the space, where k = (n+1)/2. This will be the location of your ground zero.
Puts the rest of the non-whitespace chars randomly arranged around ground zero. The Pythag...
When Stack Exchange changes to the MIT license, we won't be able to adapt answers from old code (except our own, or with the owner's permission).
And that's terrible! After all, adapting old answers for new challenges is a way to help the community grow.
I guess we could go back to all our old ...
