Linked Questions
19 questions linked to/from Command-line flags on front ends
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Loopholes that are forbidden by default
There are a number of standard loopholes which experienced question-setters seek to explicitly close. However, inexperienced question-setters may unintentionally leave them open, or respondents may ...
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Default for Code Golf: Input/Output methods
It looks like we have a consensus that we want certain defaults for the format which answers are expected in for code-golf. On that poll, the question arose twice, which input/output formats should be ...
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Byte compression in scores
I am asking this because Vyxal, and mainly Vyxal has a compression algorithm to shave bytes off. I think of this as a bit unfair, so I would like to propose the following:
If a programming language ...
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Why are golfing languages allowed?
I'm a bit confused about the use of golfing languages in golfing challenges. In the standard loopholes there is a point about using self-made languages that solve the problem in one symbol. And it's a ...
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New users' guides to golfing rules in specific languages
What are the most important rules a first-time golfer in a given language should know? For instance, how do golfed programs usually take input and output?
Each language should have a single CW answer ...
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In bash, can I use non-coreutil programs
Since bash scripts (or any other Linux shell scripts) are accepted as a programming language, I wonder what (Linux) programs are accepted as callable from the command line.
It seems that it is ...
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Ruleset for RGS's Golfing Showdown - competition is over!
RGS
RGS stands for RGS's Golfing Showdown, a golfing competition.
The competition has ended, final leaderboard at the end of this post!
1 - The format
The RGS will be a virtual golfing competition ...
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Is the "no MetaGolfScript" rule somehow formalized?
A disadvantage of the "default rules as answers" is that the rules don't have a common, organizing, "formal" thought behind them. I'm talking about this one here. I understand it as applying to "...
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What are programming languages? [duplicate]
Often, answers to questions asking for "programs" or talking about "programming languages" utilize things like sed, awk, … in ...
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How to count bytes FAQ
We've got a lot of questions asking how to count the bytes in different situations. This question is here to put them all in one spot.
General questions
How to count "interactive" answers ...
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Non-standard command line calls
Note this isn't about command line flags, which already have a consensus here.
There was a recent PHP answer involving multiple PHP files. Normally, programs with multiple files are either using one ...
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Interpreter flags for controlling output: considered cheating?
I'm creating a programming language aimed at code golf puzzles. The language has an internal set of tapes, where the computations are saved and then retrieved to the user.
At the end of the program, ...
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Default / Recommended Ruling on counting Implementation-Variants of Languages as different?
In my most recent challenge, which was scored by number of languages in a polyglot the following question came up:
Do different [..] implementations of the same language count as
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Can a C submission be in the form of a macro defined by command line argument?
In this question, the current C solution is
f(n){n=n?:1;}
Obviously this command line is shorter by 2 bytes:
-Df(n)=n?:1
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Rust Golfing Crates
So, i have started creating a golfing library for Rust, as i saw some questions about it here, with some pretty good response. The usual requirement, was usually including the include statement in the ...
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