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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:13 pm
by tog
Funny, this is *exactly* the solution that I also got. Nice! Maybe this hints at the lower limit for this challenge? I think the 75-solution is impossible (unless we find a smart way to turn a 77* into a 56).
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 3:29 pm
by tails
... or we find a code in which the first loop begins with "1" or "9"?
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:18 pm
by tog
It's fine if the first loop starts with "6". The problem is the 8 that follows...
But I don't see how you would replicate the 1 resp. 9 (I guess you would somehow take it from the front)?
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:47 pm
by tails
We can carry 49 to the second loop, so I thought we could use it to print "1" as it is, or "9" with 49*9.
I guess your idea for "6" is like this:
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939245817163317267424791639257425313194742374163086*^0^p772^2?*c1^3+9*+P1?$
This 75 length code prints itself except for the difference of one character.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:15 pm
by tog
tails wrote:"9" with 49*9.
Oh, very nice! Haven't thought of that! What a pity that we don't need 69* but 68*. Again - one off
tails wrote:
I guess your idea for "6" is like this.
Yes, that's what I thought of. I even got that damn 'a'
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:46 pm
by teebee
First I added a useless instruction to my quine of length 81 to get it work, which was very similar to the shortest quine by tails and tog. However, this instruction can be omitted. So, the new mighty one to beat is 80 instructions long.
@adum: Could you shrink the limit of the challenge, please?
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:02 pm
by adum
nice! new challenge created
Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:11 pm
by teebee
Thanks.
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:36 pm
by Hippo
Hmmm, I have stepped from 82 directly to 80 ...