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I am torn between "hell no, not in this life" and "that is freaking awesome".
by spacedcowboy 4y ago
I am torn between "hell no, not in this life" and "that is freaking awesome".
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoEsoteric languages often elicit such contradictory responses.
- version_five 4y agoRead through the code golf website and hexagony comes up pretty frequently. I'm with you, it looks cool to see what others do, but I cant imagine jumping in and trying to make one myself. First one I found: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/57617/is-this-number-a-prime/58347#58347 https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/57617/is-this-n...
- kazinator 4y agoIn that case, a nice compromise for you would be to solve RegHex puzzles: http://rampion.github.io/RegHex/ http://rampion.github.io/RegHex/
- redrobein 4y agoIt's pretty easy to get started. You do an easy problem with a big board. You think "maybe I can reuse some sections and cut down on the whitespace" and spend eternity optimizing it down to a neatly packed little hexagon (or quit trying). There's something really satisfying about reusing paths of code in ways you didn't initially think of.
- eyelidlessness 4y agoI felt the same way and then I just settled on “oh neat! I’m glad this exists for people who aren’t me”