> > > I looked on Google and cpan.org to see if there'd been > > > a "Shortest JAPH" thread, but didn't find one. For the > > > sake of clarity, the Japh I have in mind is the canonical > > > one originated by Randal Schwarts, which is equivalent to: > > > > > > print 'Just another Perl hacker,' > > > > > > (That scores 33 - most JAPHS are bigger - see > > > http://www.cpan.org/misc/japh) > > > > > This is a VERY tall order... > > > I would be REALLY impressed if this is possible, using no > > more than 1_000_000_000_000 clock cycles to find a > > solution. > > Well, prepared yourself to be really impressed by > my m4d g0lfing skillz. Behold, mortal: > > print'Just another Perl hacker,' > > (that scores 32, an improvement of no less than 1 stroke!) > > Sorry, I just had to do it. :)
Obviously you missed this from the original article: | So, can anyone beat 32 for a program which writes that to STDOUT and | nothing to STDERR? That trailing comma spoils one idea I've had. Which strangely I omitted in my reply, leaving the door for twisted people like you to pull that trick off on me! :-) Jonathan Paton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
