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:: Same here. Rosetta Code isn't the place for code golf contests. What is the point of entering (almost) unreadable computer programs? -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC) |
:: Same here. Rosetta Code isn't the place for code golf contests. What is the point of entering (almost) unreadable computer programs? -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 19:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC) |
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::: I agree, although if it was a task only for line-sensitive languages, it would be slightly more interesting - like the Calendar For Real Programmers Task, where the source must be in upper-case and so requires |
::: I agree, although if it was a task only for line-sensitive languages, it would be slightly more interesting - like the Calendar For Real Programmers Task, where the source must be in upper-case and so requires some sort of pre-processor for case-sensitive languages. --[[User:Tigerofdarkness|Tigerofdarkness]] ([[User talk:Tigerofdarkness|talk]]) 19:37, 8 August 2019 (UTC) |
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Vote for deletion
There is nothing added by this task that isn't already covered by Guess_the_number. Pointless restrictions on code formatting lead to obfuscation and code compression that Rosetta Code specifically discourages, and completely prevents some languages from participating; Piet and Fōrmulæ come to mind immediately. There is no restriction on line length, so the task is pretty much "Copy the program from Guess_the_number but take out all of the new-line characters." Vote for deletion. --Thundergnat (talk) 10:18, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Agree totally. It's really inviting folks to rewrite the Guess_the_number task in 'code golf' style which is not something we want to encourage on RC.--PureFox (talk) 12:18, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- Same here. Rosetta Code isn't the place for code golf contests. What is the point of entering (almost) unreadable computer programs? -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 19:01, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
- I agree, although if it was a task only for line-sensitive languages, it would be slightly more interesting - like the Calendar For Real Programmers Task, where the source must be in upper-case and so requires some sort of pre-processor for case-sensitive languages. --Tigerofdarkness (talk) 19:37, 8 August 2019 (UTC)