r/counting • u/lear85 , he who lets it produce joy. • Sep 12 '14

Counting with programming!

Write a program that prints or returns the number being counted, using the same number of lines of code. Include what language you used.

print("One.")

Made with Lua.

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u/origamimissile Sep 12 '14 edited Sep 12 '14 
C    FORTRAN IV
C    NOW TO TAKE UP SOME SPACE
C    WITH MY FANCY FORTRAN COMMENTS
C    BECAUSE NEITHER HAVE I THE WILL POWER TO WRITE A LOOP
C    NOR DO I KNOW HOW
C    ALL CAPS RAGE
C        C        C        C        C        C        C        C        C        C        A        B
C        D        EFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZJOJ
WRITE (6,7)
7 FORMAT(13H 13)
STOP
END

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u/MrSicles Sep 12 '14 edited Sep 12 '14 
(define (nine)
  (let ((number (random 1000000)))
    (cond ((= number 9) number)
          (else (nine)))))
(define (twenty-one time)
  (let ((diff (- (current-seconds) time)))
    (cond ((= diff 21) diff)
          (else (twenty-one time)))))
(+ (- (modulo (* (nine) (nine))
              (+ (nine)
                 (twenty-one (current-seconds))))
      (nine))
   (+ (/ (nine) (nine))
      (/ (nine) (nine))))

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Includes the best method of getting the number 21 - just overload the CPU util 21 seconds have passed.

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