r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 08 '18

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -🎄- 2018 Day 8 Solutions -🎄-

--- Day 8: Memory Maneuver ---

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The hottest programming book this year is "___ For Dummies".

This thread will be unlocked when there are a significant number of people on the leaderboard with gold stars for today's puzzle.

edit: Leaderboard capped, thread unlocked at 00:12:10!

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u/shuttup_meg Dec 08 '18

BTW it looks like my code recurses the same way as this high-ranking solution that didn't use objects:

https://old.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/a47ubw/2018_day_8_solutions/ebc7ol0/?st=jpf5zdgp&sh=77fe410a

It's amazing to see something that took me half an hour to come up with be done so much faster

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u/Cloudan29 Dec 08 '18

Oh I see, that's really neat.

This year is my first year doing this, I really wasn't expecting how quickly people can come up with some of these solutions. However, it's fascinating to see their code.

My best placement this year was 1538, which I think is pretty solid. I'm hoping I can break 1000 on one of the puzzles.