Re: python coding contest

Steven D'Aprano wrote: 
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 19:14:43 -0500, rbt wrote:


Steven D'Aprano wrote:

On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 18:05:37 +0100, Simon Hengel wrote:


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I'm envisioning lots of convoluted one-liners which
are more suitable to a different P-language... :-)


I feel that python is more beautiful and readable, even if you write
short programs.


How about """best compromize between shortness and readibility
plus elegance of design"""?


I would love to choose those criteria for future events. But I'm not
aware of any algorithm that is capable of creating a ranking upon them.



What is your algorithm for determining "shortest" program? Are you
counting tokens, lines or characters? Does whitespace count?



If whitespace and var names count, these things are going to be ugly :) 


Yes, but the question is, is two lines and 347 characters ugly enough to
win?


No. I have 8 lines and 175 chars at present. And, I expect that's gonna get beaten.

-tim

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