CMQ: Say I have a language where programs are bit strings of any length. And say the length of the bit string is important, meaning that padding it to a whole byte is out of the question. Could I use an encoding like a = 0, b = 1, c = 10, d = 11, e = 100, f = 101... up until any arbitrary length to shorten the bit string for code golf answers?
So like if my program is 11000001 could I place something split into 11000 0 0 1 in my answer?
Because long bit strings in answers doesn't exactly sound the most aesthetic, but there's no character set that maps one character to one code token
(the "encoding" system wouldn't really be encoding at all - it would be like a compressed thing just for posts here. The actual program would remain a string of bits)
If you can't recover the bitstring from the code you post that's a problem. If you can tho, it's fine IMO and I can't see any reasonable argument to the contrary
I mean an SBCS is just a special case of that exact thing right
@lyxal Yeah, it's no different from machine code submission explained in assembly, or literate charcoal, or binary lambda calculus explained in regular lambda calculus notation
For Cerebellum, a language I've been working on, I won't have a code page at all. Instead, there is a verbose version where all commands are written down in words. Then this can be automatically converted to a compact version for scoring.
If what you see isn't how you score anyways I don't see why you would need to make your code unreadable
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Hey guys and gals,,, :) This is as off-topic as it goes, but I wonder if you have any input to this.
I have a job I like today that's interesting and relatively well-paid, considering my experience. Let's say $100k (I don't live in the US). I now have the opportunity to start in a temporary job, 1.5 years, that seems even more interesting.
What do you think is reasonable to except when it comes to salary? I might end up without a job in 1,5 years (very unlikely) or I have to take a job that's not so interesting as the one I have today (more likely).
@lyxal Yes. Writing it in "regular Vyxal style" (1 char per element) is already a massive improvement compared to a bit stream, even if it is "tokenized"
The number of topologies on a set with n elements is equal to the nth Bell number, which we denote by Bn.
The Bell numbers can be defined recursively as follows:
B1 = 1
For n > 1,
Bn = sum[k=1 to n] C(n-1, k-1) Bk
where C(n, k) is the binomial coefficient, which counts the number of ways to choose k elements from a set of n elements.
Using this recursive formula, we can calculate the Bell numbers as follows:
B1 = 1
B2 = C(1,0) B1 + C(1,1) B1 = 1+1 = 2
B3 = C(2,0) B1 + C(2,1) B2 + C(2,2) B1 = 1+2+1 = 4
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What is the shortest python code which implements a string-to-float function?
Goal
Write the shortest variadic to_float, str2float, or standardizing function you can write subject to the constraint that the code is written in python.
Rules and Examples
The variadic str2float shall be some calla...
What is the shortest python code which implements a string-to-float function?
Goal
Write the shortest variadic to_float, str2float, or standardizing function you can write subject to the constraint that the code is written in python.
Rules and Examples
The variadic str2float shall be some calla...