python coding contest

[Tim Hochberg]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:14:43 -0500, rbt wrote:
> 
> 
>>Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:05:37 +0100, Simon Hengel wrote:
>>>
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>>>>>I'm envisioning lots of convoluted one-liners which
>>>>>are more suitable to a different P-language... :-)
>>>>
>>>>I feel that python is more beautiful and readable, even if you write
>>>>short programs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>How about """best compromize between shortness and readibility
>>>>>plus elegance of design"""?
>>>>
>>>>I would love to choose those criteria for future events. But I'm not
>>>>aware of any algorithm that is capable of creating a ranking upon them.
>>>
>>>
>>>What is your algorithm for determining "shortest" program? Are you
>>>counting tokens, lines or characters? Does whitespace count?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>If whitespace and var names count, these things are going to be ugly :)
> 
> 
> Yes, but the question is, is two lines and 347 characters ugly enough to
> win?
> 

No. I have 8 lines and 175 chars at present. And, I expect that's gonna 
get beaten.

-tim