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ProphetsDementia · Post by **ProphetsDementia** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 2:03 am

We should have a Calc Game Writing Contest. (200 words or less).

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 3:10 am

Im not sure what you mean by writing ... as in coding an actual game or coming up with a game concept?

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 4:49 am

Here's an even funner idea:
I can't remember the name of it right now, but there's a common programmer challenge that gets done in almost every language.
The goal: create a program that prints out it's own source code in the fewest lines of code possible!
The best one ever done was written in C. It contained no code, and didn't print anything out. Therefore, the output was the same as the source code. That won't be allowed.

Any takers?

Jim e · Post by **Jim e** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 4:59 am

anykey wrote:Here's an even funner idea:
I can't remember the name of it right now, but there's a common programmer challenge that gets done in almost every language.
The goal: create a program that prints out it's own source code in the fewest lines of code possible!
The best one ever done was written in C. It contained no code, and didn't print anything out. Therefore, the output was the same as the source code. That won't be allowed.

Any takers?

Sure.

TI-83+ Basic:

Code: Select all

:1

CoBB · Post by **CoBB** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 7:02 am

anykey wrote:I can't remember the name of it right now, but there's a common programmer challenge that gets done in almost every language.

It’s called quine.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 9:15 am

Does this count?

http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/vie ... ight=romeo

ProphetsDementia · Post by **ProphetsDementia** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 4:10 pm

Not exactly what I had in mind.

Arcane WIzard · Post by **Arcane WIzard** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 5:10 pm

I'm not entirely clear on what you have in mind either. One of the things tr1p1ea mentioned or maybe writing a story for a game? Or something else entirely?

ProphetsDementia · Post by **ProphetsDementia** » Fri 08 Dec, 2006 8:59 pm

You write a story from the calc's sprite point of view.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sat 09 Dec, 2006 3:11 am

Sounds kinda fun, the last idea.

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sat 09 Dec, 2006 7:01 pm

Jim e wrote:
anykey wrote:Here's an even funner idea:
I can't remember the name of it right now, but there's a common programmer challenge that gets done in almost every language.
The goal: create a program that prints out it's own source code in the fewest lines of code possible!
The best one ever done was written in C. It contained no code, and didn't print anything out. Therefore, the output was the same as the source code. That won't be allowed.

Any takers?
Sure.

TI-83+ Basic:
Code: Select all
:1

Nice try, but it doesn't work. The code has to do some form of output, which would have to be disp or Output( in tibasic.

Quine was the word I was looking for!

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sat 09 Dec, 2006 7:22 pm

anykey wrote:
Jim e wrote:
anykey wrote:Here's an even funner idea:
I can't remember the name of it right now, but there's a common programmer challenge that gets done in almost every language.
The goal: create a program that prints out it's own source code in the fewest lines of code possible!
The best one ever done was written in C. It contained no code, and didn't print anything out. Therefore, the output was the same as the source code. That won't be allowed.

Any takers?
Sure.

TI-83+ Basic:
Code: Select all
:1
Nice try, but it doesn't work. The code has to do some form of output, which would have to be disp or Output( in tibasic.

Quine was the word I was looking for!

No, writing a number or variable as the last line of the code prints it out. Writing :1 would display 1 on the homescreen.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Sat 09 Dec, 2006 7:26 pm

threefingeredguy wrote:
anykey wrote:
Jim e wrote:Sure.

TI-83+ Basic:
Code: Select all
:1
Nice try, but it doesn't work. The code has to do some form of output, which would have to be disp or Output( in tibasic.

Quine was the word I was looking for!
No, writing a number or variable as the last line of the code prints it out. Writing :1 would display 1 on the homescreen.

Vouch

anykey · Post by **anykey** » Sat 09 Dec, 2006 10:35 pm

I just got owned. So much for a quine contest with basic.
What about asm?

thegamefreak0134 · Post by **thegamefreak0134** » Mon 11 Dec, 2006 5:01 pm

In a computer language it would be easy enough. You simply have the source separate from the compiled file, and you have the program read that file, and then display it onscreen. In VB.NET I would copy that code to a multi-line text box, but in C or C++ you could simply spit it out to the console.

You could make somewhat of a disassembler in calc asm, and have it disassemble itself, couldn't you?