On 02/28/10 11:05, Stefan Behnel wrote:
Steven D'Aprano, 28.02.2010 09:48:
There ought to be some kind of competition for the least efficient
solution to programming problems
That wouldn't be very interesting. You could just write a code generator
that spits out tons of garbage code including a line that solves the
problem, and then let it execute the code afterwards. That beast would
always win.
Stefan
Well that would be an obvious rule that garbage code that does not
contribute to the end result (ie can be taken out without affecting the
end result) would not be allowed. Enforcing the rule is another beast
though, but I would leave that to the competition.
Though the idea of a code generator is solid, but instead of generating
garbage, produces a virtual machine that implements a generator that
produces a virtual machine, etc. etc.
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