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J. Sallé
J. Sallé
1:16 PM
@Cowsquack I'm totally in on that. Would be great for learning new tricks.
 
 
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H.PWiz
H.PWiz
5:46 PM
@ngn I have 18 bytes for Ant on a Cube
 
ngn
ngn
@H.PWiz including "f←"?
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
Yes
 
ngn
ngn
@H.PWiz I still have fewer
@H.PWiz but you're getting dangerously close :)
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
Nice, It would be shorter if used ⎕ like here. But I'm not sure if that's fair
 
ngn
ngn
@H.PWiz I don't understand Adam's trick. How is that shorter?
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
5:58 PM
@ngn Neither do I. The code their is my previous work. I would get 16 now
 
ngn
ngn
@H.PWiz so, 18 without the trick, 16 with the trick?
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
Right
Remove {}, replace ⍵ with ⎕
 
ngn
ngn
hm, I'm still scratching my head, I'm not sure what to do with this
maybe Meta can help
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
@ngn I don't know how relevant it is now, as new questions don't tend to ask for named functions. It's not a particularly interesting way to try to beat you though
 
ngn
ngn
6:14 PM
@H.PWiz ok, I think it won't hurt to reveal my code length at this point
@H.PWiz it's 16 bytes, including "f←"
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
Hmm, mine failed for a random test case that I generated. :(
 
ngn
ngn
@H.PWiz Pity. I hope it's fixable.
@H.PWiz I'll try to formulate a question for Meta anyway.
 
H.PWiz
H.PWiz
@ngn Yes, I think I know the problem. But it's not obvious how to save it without costing a few bytes
 
ngn
ngn
7:04 PM
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Q: What is code length?

ngnAn interesting conundrum has arisen in relation to the bonus I offered for APL solutions to An Ant on a Cube. It's an old challenge that requires a "named function", such as a lambda assigned to a variable: f←{...} - that is 2+ the code length we normally consider valid for most golfing challenge...

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