python coding contest

Christian Tismer tismer at stackless.com
Tue Dec 27 21:35:22 EST 2005


Remi Villatel wrote:
> Scott David Daniels wrote:
> 
> 	[--CUT---]
>>> 39 bytes... 53 bytes... It gives me the impression to follow a jet 
>>> plane with a bike with my 179 bytes!
> 	[--CUT--]
> 
>> And I am sadly stuck at 169.  Not even spitting distance from 149 (which
>> sounds like a non-cheat version).
> 
> Try harder!  ;-)  I thought I was stuck at 179 but with a strict diet, I 
> managed to loose some bones  :-D  and get down to a one-liner of 153 bytes.
> 
> No cheating with import but it's so ugly that I'm not sure I will 
> understand my own code next month. And this time I'm sure at 99% that 
> I'm really stuck...

Don't try harder!
Sit back and think of what you're doing,
and what you'd like to do, instead.

And then help me to setup a different contest about content -- chris

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