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Write ASCII-Art Obfuscated Code, read as, and resulting in: “DFTBA”

The challenge is to write the most elaborate code, embedded in ASCII art that reads and prints "DFTBA". For example, the following reads DFTBA: oooooooooo. oooooooooooo ooooooooooooo oooooooooo. ...
6
votes
2answers
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Illuminate a Mirrored Room

Goal In this competition, you are given a random room with one candle inside. The goal is to write the shortest program (this is golf) that determines what parts of the room are illuminated by the ...
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2answers
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Plant a tree and watch it grow

The trees we are growing have some rules that define how they grow: Growth Rules: Trees consist only of branches. Branches are made up of a combination of the following symbols: _, \, |, /, & ...
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2answers
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Build a small and balanced mobile

You are given a bunch of weights, and your task is to build a small balanced mobile using those weights. The input is a list of integer weights in the range 1 through 9, inclusive. There may be ...
6
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7answers
543 views

Circles of text

Find a way to make circles of a given radius using characters in a console. Please specify the font name and size. Also, please provide at least one example of the output. For example: Input: 3 ...